Patents by Inventor Daniel N. Dietz

Daniel N. Dietz 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).

  • Docking apparatuses and methods
    Patent number: 8364331
    Abstract: An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Docking Apparatuses and Methods
    Publication number: 20120145064
    Abstract: An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: VEHICLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Docking apparatuses and methods
    Patent number: 8145369
    Abstract: An intercepting vehicle, which is being towed by a towing vehicle, may home in on and attach to a retrievable vehicle that catches up to the intercepting vehicle from behind. Then, the intercepting vehicle, with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto, may be brought to the towing vehicle by reeling in the intercepting vehicle with the retrievable vehicle docked thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologles, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Self-propelled tow body
    Patent number: 7775174
    Abstract: An at least partially self-propelled vehicle is configured for being towed by a towing vehicle, by way of a tow line. Operation of the vehicles may be coordinated so that, for a length of the tow line that connects the vehicles, the length of the tow line is curved in a manner that inhibits the tow line from transferring oscillatory motion between the vehicles while the entirety of the length of the tow line may be under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Humphreys, Ryan D. Schulz, Alexander V. Roup, Neill S. Smith, Daniel N. Dietz
  • Underwater vehicle
    Patent number: D573935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Portion of a vehicle
    Patent number: D573937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Underwater vehicle
    Patent number: D578463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J. Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup
  • Docking slot portion of an object
    Patent number: D580341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tureaud, Daniel N. Dietz, Stacy J Hills, Douglas E. Humphreys, Alexander V. Roup