Patents by Inventor Daniel Yates
Daniel Yates 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: 11650037Abstract: A primer includes a layered thermite coating comprising alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal (thermite) deposited upon a substrate. A carbide-containing ceramic layer is disposed within the alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SPECTRE MATERIALS SCIENCES, INC.Inventor: Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20230121451Abstract: A packaging system for packaging granular food items for shipment includes a plurality of granular food item bags, each granular food item bag having a side surface. A folder has at least one crease with a first half having a first inner surface on one side of the crease and a second half having a second inner surface on an opposing side of the at least one crease. The side surface of each granular food item bag is attached to the first inner surface of the first half of the folder and the granular food item bags are arranged in and NxM array on the first inner surface of the first half of the folder. The folder is then folded along the at least one crease so the second inner surface of the second half of the folder is folded over the granular food item bags attached to the first inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Daniel Yates, Charlie Mayer, David Grossman
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Patent number: 11560269Abstract: A packaging system for packaging granular food items for shipment includes a plurality of granular food item bags, each granular food item bag having a side surface. A folder has at least one crease with a first half having a first inner surface on one side of the crease and a second half having a second inner surface on an opposing side of the at least one crease. The side surface of each granular food item bag is attached to the first inner surface of the first half of the folder and the granular food item bags are arranged in and N×M array on the first inner surface of the first half of the folder. The folder is then folded along the at least one crease so the second inner surface of the second half of the folder is folded over the granular food item bags attached to the first inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: THE SPICE HOUSE LLCInventors: Daniel Yates, Charlie Mayer, David Grossman
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Publication number: 20220260353Abstract: A primer includes a layered thermite coating comprising alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal (thermite) deposited upon a substrate. A carbide-containing ceramic layer is disposed within the alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventor: Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20220041523Abstract: A non-self-passivating fuel such as boron or magnesium is protected from exposure to oxygen sources by a self-passivating fuel layer such as aluminum or titanium. When the non-self-passivating fuel is utilized within a layered structure of alternating fuel and oxygen source layers, self-passivating fuel layers located between each non-self-passivating fuel layer and each oxygen source layer. The self-passivating fuel oxidizes until self-passivation is reached, protecting the non-self-passivating fuel from oxidation. Any of the non-self-passivating fuel which does not oxidize is available for use as fuel in any fuel-oxygen source reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20210380329Abstract: A packaging system for packaging granular food items for shipment includes a plurality of granular food item bags, each granular food item bag having a side surface. A folder has at least one crease with a first half having a first inner surface on one side of the crease and a second half having a second inner surface on an opposing side of the at least one crease. The side surface of each granular food item bag is attached to the first inner surface of the first half of the folder and the granular food item bags are arranged in and N×M array on the first inner surface of the first half of the folder. The folder is then folded along the at least one crease so the second inner surface of the second half of the folder is folded over the granular food item bags attached to the first inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Daniel Yates, Charlie Mayer, David Grossman
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Patent number: 11112222Abstract: A propellant is made from a flexible sheet that in some examples is nitrocellulose. An ignitable material is deposited on one side of the flexible sheet. The ignitable material is a series of triangles having a base adjacent to one edge of the sheet, and an apex adjacent to the other side of the sheet. Some examples of the ignitable material may be thermite compositions. The flexible sheet is rolled around a nonburnable tube and placed within a firearm casing, with the triangle bases being adjacent to the back of the casing, and the triangle apexes being adjacent to the front of the casing. The nonburnable tube is disposed over the primer pocket, so that ignition products from the primer travel through the tube, igniting the propellant adjacent to the front of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignees: SPECTRE MATERIALS SCIENCES, INC., UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Kevin R. Coffey, Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Patent number: 10989510Abstract: A primer structure is provided for holding a deposited ignitable material, and for holding the ignitable material within a firearm cartridge or within another munition. The primer includes a disk and a retaining ring. Ignitable material is deposited on a surface of the disk. The retaining ring is positioned in front of the disk. The retaining ring includes angled passageways for reaction products to travel from the ignitable material to the propellant. The forwardmost surface of the retaining ring, as well as the angle of the passageways, dissipate pressure that would otherwise be borne by the disk. Both the disk and retaining ring include angled or stepped surfaces to resist movement under pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SPECTRE ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Patent number: 10882799Abstract: A primer includes a layered thermite coating comprising alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal (thermite) deposited upon a substrate. The layered thermite coating may include a primary ignition portion adjacent to the substrate, and a secondary ignition portion deposited on the primary ignition portion. The alternating thermite layers may be thinner within the primary ignition portion than in the secondary ignition portion. The primary ignition portion is structured for sensitivity to a firing pin strike to the opposite side of the substrate. The secondary ignition portion is structured to burn at a rate that will ignite smokeless powder or other ignitable substances used in munitions.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: SPECTRE MATERIALS SCIENCES, INC., UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Kevin R. Coffey, Jonathan Mohler, Timothy Mohler, Edward Alan Dein, Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20200278184Abstract: A firearm cartridge includes a thermite charge and a thermite bullet. Upon ignition, the thermite charge is ignited by the primer. The bullet, instead of being propelled down the barrel, is also ignited by the thermite charge. The ignition of the thermite charge is commenced by the firing pin of the gun striking the primer. Upon ignition, the thermite charge ignites the bullet. The ignited thermite charge and bullet melt firearm components that are located adjacent to the chamber, and/or weld themselves to the chamber, rendering the firearm unusable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventor: Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20200232772Abstract: A propellant is made from a flexible sheet that in some examples is nitrocellulose. An ignitable material is deposited on one side of the flexible sheet. The ignitable material is a series of triangles having a base adjacent to one edge of the sheet, and an apex adjacent to the other side of the sheet. Some examples of the ignitable material may be thermite compositions. The flexible sheet is rolled around a nonburnable tube and placed within a firearm casing, with the triangle bases being adjacent to the back of the casing, and the triangle apexes being adjacent to the front of the casing. The nonburnable tube is disposed over the primer pocket, so that ignition products from the primer travel through the tube, igniting the propellant adjacent to the front of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Kevin R. Coffey, Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Patent number: 10552856Abstract: According to various aspects of the subject technology, systems and methods for qualifying solar leads are described. In certain implementations, data about utility customers and/or other information are used to identify high-quality solar leads, thus reducing the amount of extraneous work for installers and resulting in an overall reduction of the total cost of solar implementations.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: OPower, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Turfboer, Steven Blumenfeld, Anna Lising, Alex Kinnier, Daniel Yates, Alexander Laskey
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Patent number: 10480885Abstract: One example of a sound suppressor for a firearm includes a tubular housing and a plurality of individual tubular baffle elements that fit within the tubular housing to form a baffle assembly having a symmetrical or an asymmetrical baffle structure. Different examples of the tubular baffle elements may abut each other or may interlock with each other. Another example of the sound suppressor includes an outer housing that resists passage of heat therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SPECTRE ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Patent number: 10415938Abstract: A propellant in the form of a pellet includes adjoining pellet sections. Each pellet section includes a smokeless powder, a burnable metal, and a polymer. The smokeless powder in each pellet section will in many examples be different from the burn rate of the smokeless powder in other pellet sections. A nonignitable tube passes through the center of the pellet. When the pellet is used within a firearm cartridge, the ignition products from the primer travel through the nonburnable tube, igniting the pellet sections sequentially from the front to the rear of the cartridge. The pressure generated by the propellant within a cartridge casing can be maximized and controlled through the selection of the burn rate for each pellet section.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SPECTRE ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan Mohler, Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20190128656Abstract: A cup for a primer facilitates the use of deposited ignitable material, for example, a layered thermite material, within a cup that fits within a standard primer pocket within a firearm cartridge casing or other location designed for a presently available primer. The primer cup includes a tube and a disk. The ignitable material can be deposited on one surface of the disk. The disk can then be inserted within the tube, wherein it is retained within the tube by an inwardly projecting ledge at one end of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Spectre Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Patent number: 10258862Abstract: A rotating binding for a snowboard or other recreational equipment to which a user's foot is attached includes a lever having teeth at one end for engaging corresponding teeth in a disk attached to the snowboard or other equipment. Movement of the lever is resisted until an additional movement of the lever is performed in order to unsecure the lever from a secured position in which it engages the teeth within the disk. Some examples of the snowboard or other recreational equipment may include retractable fins that may be extended downward from the snowboard, or secured in a retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SPECTRE ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Tom Mohler, Jonathan Mohler, Daniel Yates, Matthew Barus
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Publication number: 20190033045Abstract: A propellant in the form of a pellet includes adjoining pellet sections. Each pellet section includes a smokeless powder, a burnable metal, and a polymer. The smokeless powder in each pellet section will in many examples be different from the burn rate of the smokeless powder in other pellet sections. A nonignitable tube passes through the center of the pellet. When the pellet is used within a firearm cartridge, the ignition products from the primer travel through the nonburnable tube, igniting the pellet sections sequentially from the front to the rear of the cartridge. The pressure generated by the propellant within a cartridge casing can be maximized and controlled through the selection of the burn rate for each pellet section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Jonathan Mohler, Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20180164065Abstract: One example of a sound suppressor for a firearm includes a tubular housing and a plurality of individual tubular baffle elements that fit within the tubular housing to form a baffle assembly having a symmetrical or an asymmetrical baffle structure. Different examples of the tubular baffle elements may abut each other or may interlock with each other. Another example of the sound suppressor includes an outer housing that resists passage of heat therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Timothy Mohler, Daniel Yates
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Publication number: 20180078845Abstract: A rotating binding for a snowboard or other recreational equipment to which a user's foot is attached includes a lever having teeth at one end for engaging corresponding teeth in a disk attached to the snowboard or other equipment. Movement of the lever is resisted until an additional movement of the lever is performed in order to unsecure the lever from a secured position in which it engages the teeth within the disk. Some examples of the snowboard or other recreational equipment may include retractable fins that may be extended downward from the snowboard, or secured in a retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Tom Mohler, Jonathan Mohler, Daniel Yates, Matthew Barus
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Publication number: 20170357989Abstract: According to various aspects of the subject technology, systems and methods for qualifying solar leads are described. In certain implementations, data about utility customers and/or other information are used to identify high-quality solar leads, thus reducing the amount of extraneous work for installers and resulting in an overall reduction of the total cost of solar implementations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Jonathan TURFBOER, Steven BLUMENFELD, Anna LISING, Alex KINNIER, Daniel YATES, Alexander LASKEY