Patents by Inventor Dean Davenport

Dean Davenport 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).

  • Bolted I-beam axle suspension system and method of construction
    Patent number: 8632085
    Abstract: A suspension axle has beams that are bolted onto the axle. There are plates that are rigidly affixed to the front and rear of the axle with indentations on the inner end of the main portions and secondary portions of the beams that are sized to fit tightly over the plates. Bolts extend through openings in the axle end of the main portion and secondary portion and also through the plates and through the axle. The bolts have nuts thereon to securely hold the main portion and secondary portion in contact with the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: IMT Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Davenport, Philip David Schnurr, Neil Kenneth Haslam
  • METHOD OF FRICTION WELDING AXLES IN FINISHED FORM
    Publication number: 20130062396
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an axle for use on a truck body or trailer by machining and fully finishing, the components before friction welding results in an axle that is ready for use upon assembly of the components. Beam ends are friction welded to the main shaft with the longitudinal center axes of the kingpin bore holes being substantially the same orientation and preferably substantially within one degree of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Dean Davenport, Phillip David Schnurr, Jules C. Guillemette, John Norman Buggey
  • BOLTED I-BEAM AXEL SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20130056946
    Abstract: A suspension axle has beams that are bolted onto the axle. There are plates that are rigidly affixed to the front and rear of the axle with indentations on the inner end of the main portions and secondary portions of the beams that are sized to fit tightly over the plates. Bolts extend through openings in the axle end of the main portion and secondary portion and also through the plates and through the axle. The bolts have nuts thereon to securely hold the main portion and secondary portion in contact with the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Dean Davenport, Philip David Schnurr, Neil Kenneth Haslam
  • Ceiling fan
    Patent number: D632381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sea Gull Lighting
    Inventors: Dennis Dean Davenport, Jimmy Jack Jones