Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Castillo

Daniel J. Castillo 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: 20260076821
    Abstract: A system for holding a portion of a user's body in a desired configuration includes a pair of tabs, each including a flexible body and a metallic element. The tabs are configured to be attachable to the user's body in spaced relation to each other. The system additionally includes a band having a main body and at least two magnets coupled to the main body. At least one of the at least two magnets is coupled to a respective one of the pair of distal portions of the band, with each magnet being configured to be magnetically attractable to one of the pair of tabs to facilitate magnetic attraction. The main body and the pair of tabs are configured to be mechanically coupled to the pair of tabs when the magnets of the band are magnetically coupled to the pair of tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Daniel J. CASTILLO, James D. CASTILLO
  • Publication number: 20250332023
    Abstract: A system for holding a portion of a user's body in a desired configuration includes a pair of tabs, each including a flexible body and a metallic element. The tabs are configured to be attachable to the user's body in spaced relation to each other. The system additionally includes a band having a main body and at least two magnets coupled to the main body. At least one of the at least two magnets is coupled to a respective one of the pair of distal portions of the band, with each magnet being configured to be magnetically attractable to one of the pair of tabs to facilitate magnetic attraction. The main body and the pair of tabs are configured to be mechanically coupled to the pair of tabs when the magnets of the band are magnetically coupled to the pair of tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel J. CASTILLO, James D. CASTILLO
  • Patent number: 12096815
    Abstract: A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement of the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist's field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Troy Lee Designs LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20230140620
    Abstract: A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement of the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist’s field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel J. Castillo
  • Patent number: 11540587
    Abstract: A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist's field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Troy Lee Designs LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20220095735
    Abstract: A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist's field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel J. Castillo
  • Patent number: 5372121
    Abstract: A cooktop has a recessed portion surrounding a burner opening. The recessed portion includes bosses with grate supporting surfaces below the upper surface of the cooktop, and dams with vertical inner surfaces. A grate has a rectangular base with a vertical side wall and a bottom edge. The grate is mounted in the recessed portion, aligned with the burner opening, with the base bottom edge resting on the grate supporting surfaces of the bosses and with the grate side wall adjacent the vertical inner surfaces of the dams. The base includes tabs aligned with the dams and extending downwardly to provide greater height at the portions of the side wall aligned with the dams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Castillo, Michael S. Woods