Patents by Inventor Dave Rea

Dave Rea 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: 12257891
    Abstract: A nested shell enclosure covering behind the cab gaseous fuel tanks on a three dimensional structure. The method and system provides a releasable enclosure around the structure or a rack or the like formed by attaching a plurality of shell components which nest in a sequential pattern over the structure via housing latch assemblies formed on the interior wall surface of shell components to catch bracket assemblies attached to the structure and wherein the latch and catch assemblies releasably affix the enclosure shells to the structure and together without the use of threaded fasteners; and, wherein the shells components are nested and evenly disperse force along the perimeter edges where the shells overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUANTUM FUEL CELLS LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Hans VanOyen, Dave Rea, Tae Kim, Paul Prado
  • Publication number: 20220396143
    Abstract: A nested shell enclosure covering behind the cab gaseous fuel tanks on a three dimensional structure. The method and system provides a releasable enclosure around the structure or a rack or the like formed by attaching a plurality of shell components which nest in a sequential pattern over the structure via housing latch assemblies formed on the interior wall surface of shell components to catch bracket assemblies attached to the structure and wherein the latch and catch assemblies releasably affix the enclosure shells to the structure and together without the use of threaded fasteners; and, wherein the shells components are nested and evenly disperse force along the perimeter edges where the shells overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Quantum Fuel Systems LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Hans VanOyen, Dave Rea, Tae Kim, Paul Prado