Patents by Inventor Dean E. Smith

Dean E. Smith 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: 6419440
    Abstract: A trailer for transport, positioning and removal of grave-site supports by one workman provides a U-shaped base frame supporting an upstanding peripheral frame that carries an upstanding storage bin for tools and accessories required for set up of the grave-site support and supports a hoist structure. The U-shaped base frame defines a rearwardly opening medial space within which the grave-site support is carried for transport while allowing trailer positioning over the grave-site support for removal and placement. The hoist provides a depending tension element interconnecting plural connector elements which interconnect the grave-site support for vertical motion for positioning and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Dean E. Smith
  • Patent number: 5586574
    Abstract: Control system for maintaining selected pressure in a gas distribution system including a header and multiple takeoffs from the header including a compressor to supply gas to the header at selected pressure range, a control valve in the header upstream of the first takeoff, an actuator to operate the valve to modulate flow to the header, a pressure transducer to measure the pressure of the gas in the header between the valve and the first takeoff, a controller to receive a signal from the pressure transducer and generate a controller signal corresponding to a valve position required to maintain the flow of gas to the header to maintain the selected pressure and a position control device to receive the controller signal and an electronic position feedback signal from the actuator to indicate the position of the valve with a comparator to compare the valve position signal with the controller signal and an operator to operate the actuator to move the valve in a direction to the position where the position feedba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: Dean E. Smith
  • Patent number: D659212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventors: Dean E. Smith, Eric Blair, Brant Romero
  • Patent number: D682964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventors: Dean E. Smith, Eric Blair, Brant Romero
  • Patent number: D723224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Dean E. Smith, Eric Scott Blair, Brant David Romero