Patents by Inventor Darin Lyn Dux

Darin Lyn Dux 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).

  • Patent number: 11613935
    Abstract: Couplers for connecting a power source to a drilling string are disclosed. The coupler may include an elongate assembly including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are configured to move relative to each other such that the coupler may be arranged in a retracted position, an extended position, and one or more intermediate positions. In the retracted position, the coupler may transmit a compressive force and/or a torque to the drilling string. In the extended position, the coupler may transmit a tensile force and/or a torque to the drilling string. In the intermediate positions, the first portion and the second portion are able to translate and rotate independently relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darin Lyn Dux, David Wayne Jahraus
  • Publication number: 20210115739
    Abstract: Couplers for connecting a power source to a drilling string are disclosed. The coupler may include an elongate assembly including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are configured to move relative to each other such that the coupler may be arranged in a retracted position, an extended position, and one or more intermediate positions. In the retracted position, the coupler may transmit a compressive force and/or a torque to the drilling string. In the extended position, the coupler may transmit a tensile force and/or a torque to the drilling string. In the intermediate positions, the first portion and the second portion are able to translate and rotate independently relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Darin Lyn Dux, David Wayne Jahraus
  • Patent number: 9254492
    Abstract: A grinder having an adjustable screen arrangement. The adjustable screen arrangement including two screens independently positionable in a number of positions relative to a grinding drum. Each screen further having a leading end independently positionable relative a trailing end of the screen. The adjustable screen arrangement allowing for selectively varied clearances between the screens and the grinding drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John Gary Gardner, Darin Lyn Dux
  • Publication number: 20130341449
    Abstract: A reducing machine is disclosed. The reducing machine includes a rotational reducing component, a power in-feed system for feeding material toward the rotational reducing component, and a mill box at least partially surrounding the rotational reducing component. The reducing machine also includes an anvil unit that can be inserted into the mill box and removed from the mill box. The anvil unit includes a ramp that bridges a gap between the power in-feed and the rotational reducing component. The anvil unit also includes an anvil main body having a first end positioned adjacent the power in-feed and a second end positioned adjacent the rotational reducing component. The anvil unit further includes first and second spaced-apart shear edges positioned adjacent to the second end of the anvil main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Darin Lyn Dux, Josh Aaron Youngblut, Christopher Ryan Sievers, Keith Leon Roozeboom, Duane Allen Harthoorn, John Gary Gardner, Aaron Dean Lovell
  • Publication number: 20130240652
    Abstract: A grinder having an adjustable screen arrangement. The adjustable screen arrangement including two screens independently positionable in a number of positions relative to a grinding drum. Each screen further having a leading end independently positionable relative a trailing end of the screen. The adjustable screen arrangement allowing for selectively varied clearances between the screens and the grinding drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John Gary Gardner, Darin Lyn Dux