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).
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Patent number: 12128983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness, Daniel McCormick
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Patent number: 12116075Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen
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Patent number: 12115295Abstract: A hemodialysis system including one or more ultraviolet chambers is disclosed. The hemodialysis system including a dialyzer arranged and configured to filter a patient's blood, a hemodialysis machine arranged and configured to pump, move, or the like dialysate through the dialyzer, the hemodialysis machine including an outlet valve and an outlet fluid flow path to pump or move dialysate from the hemodialysis machine to the dialyzer, and an inlet valve and an inlet fluid flow path to pump or receive dialysate from the dialyzer, and one or more ultraviolet chambers arranged and configured to kill bacteria, viruses, or a combination thereof. Thus arranged, by incorporating one or more ultraviolet chambers in strategic areas of the system, the ultraviolet chambers may eliminate, or at least greatly reduce, the possibility of cross-contamination in, for example, the dialysate, and thus eliminate the need for disinfecting the system between treatments.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kelly Yik, Daniel Schmidt, Aiyuan Wang, Deryu Chen, Christopher McCormick, Evan Zaro
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Publication number: 20240308617Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventor: Daniel MCCORMICK
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Patent number: 12072257Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Kitea Health LimitedInventors: David Mortimer Budgett, Dixon Pok Chung Leung, John Daniel McCormick
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Publication number: 20240227978Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
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Patent number: 11993337Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen
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Publication number: 20240132178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
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Publication number: 20240124090Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
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Publication number: 20240116596Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK
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Publication number: 20240101217Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
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Patent number: 11884358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventor: Daniel McCormick
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Publication number: 20240025510Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS, Daniel MCCORMICK
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Patent number: 11760437Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness
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Publication number: 20230271667Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
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Patent number: 11718362Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness, Daniel McCormick
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Patent number: 11712187Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Auckland UniServices LimitedInventors: Poul Michael Fonss Nielsen, Jennifer Ann Kruger, David Mortimer Budgett, Andrew James Taberner, John Daniel McCormick
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Patent number: 11708124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness
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Patent number: 11628905Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen
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Publication number: 20230020325Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS