Patents by Inventor Daniel T. Boyce

Daniel T. Boyce 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).

  • Methods and devices for delivering therapeutic materials to the intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 11925771
    Abstract: A method of delivering a therapeutic agent to a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc is provided. The method comprises inserting a delivery tool containing the therapeutic agent through an anterior portion, a lateral portion, or an anterolateral portion of an annulus fibrosus and into the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc; and delivering the therapeutic agent to the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc. Devices and kits are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Reves, Todd M. Boyce, Daniel A. Shimko, Jared T. Wilsey
  • System and method for controlling compounding in a brake actuator
    Patent number: 11186262
    Abstract: A system for controlling compounding in a vehicle brake actuator includes first and second valves configured to control, respectively, a first fluid pressure in a parking brake chamber of a brake actuator that acts against a spring force applied by a spring of the actuator to a pushrod of the actuator and a second fluid pressure in a service brake chamber of the actuator that applies a fluid force to the pushrod. A controller is configured to receive first and second fluid pressure signals indicative of the first and second fluid pressures, determine a total brake actuator force applied to the pushrod responsive to the first and second fluid pressure signals and control at least one of the first and second valves responsive to the total brake actuator force to adjust a corresponding one of the first and second fluid pressures and thereby obtain an adjusted total brake actuator force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Daniel T. Boyce, Christopher H. Hutchins
  • System and method for controlling an automated braking application
    Patent number: 10850716
    Abstract: A controller comprises an electronic communication line configured to receive a system brake request control signal representing a requested system brake application and an identified urgency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Randy J Salvatora, Michael D Tober, Nicholas A Broyles, Andrew J Pilkington, David W Howell, Thomas S Miller, Jr., Daniel T Boyce, Parth Kalra, Subashish Sasmal
  • System and Method for Controlling Compounding in a Brake Actuator
    Publication number: 20200114892
    Abstract: A system for controlling compounding in a vehicle brake actuator includes first and second valves configured to control, respectively, a first fluid pressure in a parking brake chamber of a brake actuator that acts against a spring force applied by a spring of the actuator to a pushrod of the actuator and a second fluid pressure in a service brake chamber of the actuator that applies a fluid force to the pushrod. A controller is configured to receive first and second fluid pressure signals indicative of the first and second fluid pressures, determine a total brake actuator force applied to the pushrod responsive to the first and second fluid pressure signals and control at least one of the first and second valves responsive to the total brake actuator force to adjust a corresponding one of the first and second fluid pressures and thereby obtain an adjusted total brake actuator force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel T. Boyce, Christopher H. Hutchins