Patents by Inventor David A. Tory

David A. Tory 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: 11441642
    Abstract: A reduction assembly, attachable to a torque limiting device, comprising a drive shaft having an input segment, an eccentric segment, and an output segment, wherein the input segment and the output segment each have a centerline running along a same first axis, and wherein the eccentric segment has a center line running along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis and positioned a first distance away from the first axis. The assembly further comprising a disk assembly having a disk with a body, a plurality of lobes positioned concentrically on the body, and an opening extending through the body, the opening configured to slidably engage the eccentric segment of the drive shaft. The assembly further comprising a disk receptacle configured to engage with the disk, the receptacle having a floor and a wall with a plurality of protrusions extending from the wall, wherein the number of the plurality of protrusions is equal to one more than the number of the plurality of lobes on the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ECA Medical Instruments
    Inventor: David A. Tory
  • Publication number: 20200011400
    Abstract: A reduction assembly, attachable to a torque limiting device, comprising a drive shaft having an input segment, an eccentric segment, and an output segment, wherein the input segment and the output segment each have a centerline running along a same first axis, and wherein the eccentric segment has a center line running along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis and positioned a first distance away from the first axis. The assembly further comprising a disk assembly having a disk with a body, a plurality of lobes positioned concentrically on the body, and an opening extending through the body, the opening configured to slidably engage the eccentric segment of the drive shaft. The assembly further comprising a disk receptacle configured to engage with the disk, the receptacle having a floor and a wall with a plurality of protrusions extending from the wall, wherein the number of the plurality of protrusions is equal to one more than the number of the plurality of lobes on the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: ECA Medical Instruments
    Inventor: David A. Tory
  • Patent number: 10343269
    Abstract: Disposable torque-limiting gearless device with speed reduction. Torque-limiting interfaces having a plurality of undulations arranged around an axial bore or drive socket and separated by a plurality of transition regions configured to engage and disengage to provide torque transmission with predetermined torque limits at various rotational speeds and for amounts of actuations while remaining within a specified operational range. The reduction assembly integral to the gearless torque limiting assembly provides a drive shaft having an input segment, an eccentric segment, and an output segment, wherein the input segment and the output segment each have a centerline running along a same first axis, and wherein the eccentric segment has a center line running along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis and positioned a first distance away from the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ECA Medical Instruments
    Inventors: John Nino, David Ivinson, David A. Tory
  • Patent number: 9893519
    Abstract: A substrate is physically attached to the terminals of multiple different power sources. The substrate includes multiple electrical conductors. Each of the electrical conductors is immobilized along its length relative to the substrate. The electrical conductors include interconnect lines and sensing lines. The interconnect lines provide electrical communication between the power sources. At least one of the sensing lines carries an electrical signal indicating a voltage across one or more of the power sources. Electronics that are immobilized on the substrate employ the electrical signal to determine the voltage across the one or more power sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Quallion LLC
    Inventors: Aaron A. Castillo, Gabriel J. Perez, David A. Tory, Alexandru Z. Pàl
  • Publication number: 20170361437
    Abstract: Disposable torque-limiting gearless device with speed reduction. Torque-limiting interfaces having a plurality of undulations arranged around an axial bore or drive socket and separated by a plurality of transition regions configured to engage and disengage to provide torque transmission with predetermined torque limits at various rotational speeds and for amounts of actuations while remaining within a specified operational range. The reduction assembly integral to the gearless torque limiting assembly provides a drive shaft having an input segment, an eccentric segment, and an output segment, wherein the input segment and the output segment each have a centerline running along a same first axis, and wherein the eccentric segment has a center line running along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis and positioned a first distance away from the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ECA Medical Instruments
    Inventors: John Nino, David Ivinson, David A. Tory