Patents by Inventor Daniel McCormick

Daniel McCormick 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: 20240132178
    Abstract: A fork arch is disclosed. The fork arch includes a torsional geometry portion to provide torsional stiffness. The fork arch also includes a transverse geometry portion to provide transverse shear stiffness, the transverse geometry portion intermingled with the torsional geometry portion to provide an optimized hybrid torsion and transverse shear stiffness for the fork arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
  • Publication number: 20240124090
    Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
  • Publication number: 20240116596
    Abstract: An air spring assembly is disclosed. The air spring assembly includes an upper fork tube having a base lug on one end, a lower fork tube having an opening to receive the upper fork tube in a first axial end, and a fork tube gas seal to form a gas seal between the upper fork tube and the lower fork tube. A partial cartridge tube within a portion of the upper fork tube, the partial cartridge tube including a partial cartridge tube gas seal between an outer diameter (OD) of the partial cartridge tube and an inner diameter (ID) of the upper fork tube. An annular volume formed between the ID of the upper fork tube, the OD of the partial cartridge tube, the partial cartridge tube gas seal, and the base lug of the upper fork tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK
  • Publication number: 20240101217
    Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
  • Patent number: 11884358
    Abstract: An adjustable axle retaining structure is disclosed. The structure includes an axle receiving feature on a first leg of a fork assembly and a retaining sleeve within a clamping member on a second leg of the fork assembly. An axle is inserted through the clamping member, the wheel hub and coupled with the axle receiving feature. A component of the axle is tightened thereby moving the retaining sleeve partially out of the clamping member and toward the wheel hub until the wheel hub is in contact with both the retaining sleeve and the axle receiving feature, wherein the moving of the retaining sleeve allows the axle to radially couple the wheel hub with the fork assembly without modifying a preestablished geometry of the fork assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel McCormick
  • Publication number: 20240025510
    Abstract: A crown assembly including at least one crown fluid chamber having a first volume, and a fork side opening for fluidly coupling the at least one crown fluid chamber with at least one fluid spring chamber of a fork leg to provide an additional amount of available fluid volume to the at least one fluid spring chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS, Daniel MCCORMICK
  • Patent number: 11760437
    Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness
  • Publication number: 20230271667
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a crown comprising a steerer tube boss, a first upper tube boss, and a second upper tube boss. The first upper tube boss and the second upper tube boss reside on a plane on opposing sides of the upper tube boss, wherein the plane comprises the central axis of the first upper tube boss and the central axis of the second upper tube boss. There is a first arm to connect the first upper tube boss to the steerer tube boss, as well as a second arm to connect the second upper tube boss to the steerer tube boss. At least one of the first arm or the second arm comprises at least one bore that extends in a direction that is substantially normal to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
  • Patent number: 11718362
    Abstract: A crown assembly including at least one crown fluid chamber having a first volume, and a fork side opening for fluidly coupling the at least one crown fluid chamber with at least one fluid spring chamber of a fork leg to provide an additional amount of available fluid volume to the at least one fluid spring chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness, Daniel McCormick
  • Patent number: 11712187
    Abstract: A pressure sensor apparatus includes a plurality of pressure responsive chambers provided along a longitudinal dimension of the apparatus, and a pressure sensor device provided in each chamber which together provide a pressure profile in an anatomical cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventors: Poul Michael Fonss Nielsen, Jennifer Ann Kruger, David Mortimer Budgett, Andrew James Taberner, John Daniel McCormick
  • Patent number: 11708124
    Abstract: A non-uniform steerer tube. The non-uniform steerer tubes includes an axis-symmetric outer surface and a non axis-symmetric inner surface. The axis-symmetric outer surface and the non axis-symmetric inner surface defining a wall thickness therebetween. The wall thickness varying along an axial length of the non-uniform steerer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness
  • Patent number: 11628905
    Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen
  • Publication number: 20230020325
    Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
  • Publication number: 20230002003
    Abstract: An adjustable axle retaining structure is disclosed. The structure includes an axle receiving feature on a first leg of a fork assembly and a retaining sleeve within a clamping member on a second leg of the fork assembly. An axle is inserted through the clamping member, the wheel hub and coupled with the axle receiving feature. A component of the axle is tightened thereby moving the retaining sleeve partially out of the clamping member and toward the wheel hub until the wheel hub is in contact with both the retaining sleeve and the axle receiving feature, wherein the moving of the retaining sleeve allows the axle to radially couple the wheel hub with the fork assembly without modifying a preestablished geometry of the fork assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel MCCORMICK
  • Publication number: 20220387806
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system that employs a form of conductively coupled power transfer to transfer energy to deeply implanted devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: John Daniel McCormick, David Mortimer Budgett, Reza Sedehi, Aiguo Hu
  • Publication number: 20220371682
    Abstract: A non-uniform steerer tube. The non-uniform steerer tubes includes an axis-symmetric outer surface and a non axis-symmetric inner surface. The axis-symmetric outer surface and the non axis-symmetric inner surface defining a wall thickness therebetween. The wall thickness varying along an axial length of the non-uniform steerer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
  • Patent number: 11498639
    Abstract: An air spring assembly is disclosed. The air spring assembly includes an upper fork tube having a base lug on one end, a lower fork tube having an opening to receive the upper fork tube in a first axial end, and a fork tube gas seal to form a gas seal between the upper fork tube and the lower fork tube. A partial cartridge tube within a portion of the upper fork tube, the partial cartridge tube including a partial cartridge tube gas seal between an outer diameter (OD) of the partial cartridge tube and an inner diameter (ID) of the upper fork tube. An annular volume formed between the ID of the upper fork tube, the OD of the partial cartridge tube, the partial cartridge tube gas seal, and the base lug of the upper fork tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick
  • Publication number: 20220355893
    Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
  • Publication number: 20220355892
    Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
  • Publication number: 20220341803
    Abstract: A device for use in pressure sensing has a housing enclosing a chamber and having at least one port that communicates with the chamber. A pressure sensor receives fluid pressure from the chamber. The chamber has a compliance that exhibits a marked change in volumetric stiffness repeatably at a fixed pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventors: David Mortimer BUDGETT, Dixon Pok Chung LEUNG, John Daniel MCCORMICK