Patents by Inventor Daniel Holmes

Daniel Holmes 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: 12129084
    Abstract: A flip-top dispensing closure is provided. The closure includes a base and a lid. The base is attachable to a container neck and includes an integral spout. The lid includes a fixing ring and a cap. The fixing ring is attachable to the base and the cap is hingedly attached to the ring. The closure is provided with tamper-evident parts including first and second parts which are initially frangibly connected to each other within the lid, and upon first opening of the cap, the first and second parts are separated, one of the parts being retained by the cap and the other of the parts dropping onto the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Rognard, Daniel Holmes
  • Patent number: 12077349
    Abstract: A single-piece flip-top dispensing closure (10) is provided. The closure comprises a base (15) and a lid (20) joined by a hinge (25). The base is attachable to a container neck and includes an integral spout (45). A tamper-evident member is frangibly connected to the lid. The tamper-evident member includes a hook (85). The base is provided with a raised crossbar (550) under which the hook engages with the closure in an initially closed condition. When the lid is initially opened the interaction between the crossbar and the hook causes the tamper-evident member to release from the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Holmes, Darren Garrett
  • Publication number: 20240175232
    Abstract: A combined excavation and conveyance device for granular material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Martin Daniel Holmes
  • Publication number: 20240179854
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is provided. The process variable transmitter includes a process variable sensor, and an electronics board having circuitry electrically coupled to the process variable sensor. The process variable transmitter also includes a shroud that holds the electronics board, and at least one stop feature to provide vibration damping. A method of manufacturing a process variable transmitter is provided. The method includes providing a process variable sensor. The method also includes providing an electronics board having circuitry configured to electrically couple to the process variable sensor. The method further includes forming a shroud to hold the electronics board, and forming at least one stop feature to support the electronics board when the electronics board is in the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, George Charles Hausler, Andrew John Wagener
  • Patent number: 11964864
    Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway configured to pass heated air therethrough. The heated air passing through the second passageway can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a single hose configured to pass fluid and heated air through separate passageways therein, and the device can include a manifold configured to facilitate passage of the fluid and the heated air from separate sources into the single hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Artemus A. Shelton, Randal S. Kretzler, Jeffrey Reiter, Daniel Holmes, Bengt I. Larsson
  • Publication number: 20240067357
    Abstract: A system for airborne storage, assembly and launch of aircraft and spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Martin Daniel Holmes
  • Patent number: 11808647
    Abstract: An industrial process field device includes a pressure sensor, and a housing containing the pressure sensor. The housing includes a base having a base interface and a first base process opening. A flange is attached to the base and includes a flange interface having a first flange process opening. A first gasket process opening of a gasket is aligned with the first base process opening and the first flange process opening. A first surface of the gasket engages the base interface, and a second surface of the gasket engages the flange interface. A dielectric insulation system includes at least one dielectric layer that insulates the housing from electrical currents conducted through the flange. Each dielectric layer includes a layer of ceramic material, an anodized layer, or a plastic overmold, which improve a maximum working pressure of the field device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Andrew John Wagener, Jacob Daniel Holm, Sydney Jane Jones
  • Patent number: 11661250
    Abstract: A flip-top dispensing closure is provided. The closure includes a base and a lid. The base is attachable to a container neck and includes an integral spout. The lid includes a fixing ring and a cap. The fixing ring is attachable to the base and the cap is hingedly attached to the ring. The closure is provided with tamper-evident parts including first and second parts which are initially frangibly connected to each other within the lid, and upon first opening of the cap the first and second parts are separated, one of the parts being retained by the cap and the other of the parts dropping onto the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Rognard, Daniel Holmes
  • Publication number: 20230096421
    Abstract: An industrial process field device includes a pressure sensor, and a housing containing the pressure sensor. The housing includes a base having a base interface and a first base process opening. A flange is attached to the base and includes a flange interface having a first flange process opening. A pressure at the first flange process opening is communicated to the pressure sensor through the first base process opening. A first gasket process opening of a gasket is aligned with the first base process opening and the first flange process opening. A first surface of the gasket engages the base interface, and a second surface of the gasket engages the flange interface. A dielectric insulation system includes at least one dielectric layer that insulates the housing from electrical currents conducted through the flange. Each dielectric layer includes a layer of ceramic material, an anodized layer, or a plastic overmold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew John Wagener, Jacob Daniel Holm, Sydney Jane Jones
  • Publication number: 20230067880
    Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway configured to pass heated air therethrough. The heated air passing through the second passageway can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a single hose configured to pass fluid and heated air through separate passageways therein, and the device can include a manifold configured to facilitate passage of the fluid and the heated air from separate sources into the single hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Artemus A. Shelton, Randal S. Kretzler, Jeffrey Reiter, Daniel Holmes, Bengt I. Larsson
  • Patent number: 11570998
    Abstract: A processing system (10) and a corresponding method are provided for processing work products (WP), including food items, to locate and quantify voids, undercuts and similar anomalies in the work products. The work products are conveyed past an X-ray scanner (14) by a conveyance device (12). Data from the X-ray scanning is transmitted to control system (18). Simultaneously with the X-ray scanning of the work product, the work product is optically scanned at the same location on the work product where X-ray scanning is occurring. The data from the optical scanner is also transmitted to the control system. Such data is analyzed to develop or generate the thickness profile of the work product. From the differences in the thickness profiles generated from the X-ray scanning data versus the optical scanning data, the location of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies can be determined by the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Pfanstiel, Daniel Holmes, Richard D. Stockard, Arthur W. Vogeley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11540883
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual reality (VR) training of medical events are described herein. In one aspect, a method for generating a VR medical training environment can include displaying a medical event through a VR headset, receiving, from a user of the VR headset, a set of verbal responses corresponding to the user reacting to the medical event, determining a timestamp for at least one verbal response received from the user, determining a medical event score for the user based on the set of verbal responses and the timestamp, and displaying a summary of the medical event score via the VR headset or a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventors: Timothy G. Moyer, Pavitra Krishnamani, Corey B. Fischer, Daniel Holmes, Tejal Naik
  • Patent number: 11513018
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to field device housing assemblies and field devices that include the housing assemblies. One embodiment of the field device housing assembly includes a main housing, a cover having a proximal end connected to the main housing, a transparent panel and a retainer ring. An interior wall of the cover includes a threaded section that is concentric to a central axis, and a flange extending radially inward from the interior wall toward the central axis. The transparent panel is received within a socket defined by the interior wall and the flange. The retainer ring is secured to the threaded section of the interior wall. The transparent panel is clamped between the retainer ring and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, Benjamin Hammerlind Jaffray, Glen Rodney Edwards, Ryan Thomas Lindsey, Paul Curtis Sundet, Timothy R Meschke, George Charles Hausler, Christopher Lee Eriksen
  • Patent number: 11440790
    Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway configured to pass heated air therethrough. The heated air passing through the second passageway can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a single hose configured to pass fluid and heated air through separate passageways therein, and the device can include a manifold configured to facilitate passage of the fluid and the heated air from separate sources into the single hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Artemus A. Shelton, Randal S. Kretzler, Jeffrey Reiter, Daniel Holmes, Bengt I. Larsson
  • Publication number: 20220099516
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to field device housing assemblies and field devices that include the housing assemblies. One embodiment of the field device housing assembly includes a main housing, a cover having a proximal end connected to the main housing, a transparent panel and a retainer ring. An interior wall of the cover includes a threaded section that is concentric to a central axis, and a flange extending radially inward from the interior wall toward the central axis. The transparent panel is received within a socket defined by the interior wall and the flange. The retainer ring is secured to the threaded section of the interior wall. The transparent panel is clamped between the retainer ring and the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, Benjamin Hammerlind Jaffray, Glen Rodney Edwards, Ryan Thomas Lindsey, Paul Curtis Sundet, Timothy R. Meschke
  • Patent number: 11174148
    Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fluid dispensers, hoses, and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fluid dispensers, hoses, and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway fluidically isolated from the first passageway and having a heating element disposed therein. The heating element can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. The first and second passageways can extend through at least a distal portion of a hose of the fluid dispensing device and through at least a proximal portion of a nozzle of the fluid dispensing device that has a proximal end attached to a distal end of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Artemus A. Shelton, Daniel Holmes, Jeffrey Reiter, Randal Scott Kretzler
  • Publication number: 20200375203
    Abstract: A processing system (10) and a corresponding method are provided for processing work products (WP), including food items, to locate and quantify voids, undercuts and similar anomalies in the work products. The work products are conveyed past an X-ray scanner (14) by a conveyance device (12). Data from the X-ray scanning is transmitted to control system (18). Simultaneously with the X-ray scanning of the work product, the work product is optically scanned at the same location on the work product where X-ray scanning is occurring. The data from the optical scanner is also transmitted to the control system. Such data is analyzed to develop or generate the thickness profile of the work product. From the differences in the thickness profiles generated from the X-ray scanning data versus the optical scanning data, the location of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies can be determined by the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Pfanstiel, Daniel Holmes, Richard D. Stockard, Arthur W. Vogeley, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200216303
    Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway configured to pass heated air therethrough. The heated air passing through the second passageway can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a single hose configured to pass fluid and heated air through separate passageways therein, and the device can include a manifold configured to facilitate passage of the fluid and the heated air from separate sources into the single hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Artemus A. Shelton, Scott R. Kretzler, Jeffrey Reiter, Daniel Holmes, Bengt I. Larsson
  • Patent number: D897336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: John J. Morris, Scott R. Negley, III, Annika Birkler, Sam Moon, Randal S. Kretzler, Brian Tholen, Daniel Holmes, Artemus A. Shelton, Henry Fieglein, Paul Laiming, Lucas Wade
  • Patent number: D918272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Morris, Scott R. Negley, III, Annika Birkler, Sam Moon, Randal S. Kretzler, Brian Tholen, Daniel Holmes, Artemus A. Shelton, Henry Fieglein, Paul Laiming, Lucas Wade