Patents by Inventor Dean S. Edmonds

Dean S. Edmonds 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: 7060926
    Abstract: The sorting and packaging system comprises an induction and scanning system, a single pass sorting and packaging system for automatically sorting and packaging a plurality of mailpieces based on a single scan by the induction and sorting system, and a control unit connected to and controlling the induction and scanning system and the single pass sorting and packaging system. The single pass sorting and packaging system comprises at least one cell rack, at least one packaging system, and at least one delivery system. The cell rack is connected to the induction and scanning system by a transport sorting system. The cell rack comprises a plurality of cells and a purging system. The packaging system is connected to the cell rack and comprises a transport packaging system and a packaging unit. The delivery system is connected to the packaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventor: Dean S. Edmonds
  • Publication number: 20030208298
    Abstract: The sorting and packaging system comprises an induction and scanning system, a single pass sorting and packaging system for automatically sorting and packaging a plurality of mailpieces based on a single scan by the induction and sorting system, and a control unit connected to and controlling the induction and scanning system and the single pass sorting and packaging system. The single pass sorting and packaging system comprises at least one cell rack, at least one packaging system, and at least one delivery system. The cell rack is connected to the induction and scanning system by a transport sorting system. The cell rack comprises a plurality of cells and a purging system. The packaging system is connected to the cell rack and comprises a transport packaging system and a packaging unit. The delivery system is connected to the packaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Dean S. Edmonds
  • Patent number: 5884478
    Abstract: A system for cross turbocharging an engine is disclosed. The system includes a left bank turbine located in close proximity to a left bank of cylinders. The left bank turbine receives exhaust gas from the exhaust ports of each left bank cylinder. This exhaust gas is used to drive the left bank turbine which powers a right bank compressor. The right bank compressor is located in close proximity to a right bank of cylinders and introduces compressed air into the intake ports of each right bank cylinder to turbocharge the right bank of cylinders. In this configuration, the turbine and compressor are separated from each other with the turbine driving the compressor via a connecting shaft that passes across the engine. An analogous configuration involving a right bank turbine and left bank compressor is used to turbocharge the left bank of cylinders. An electric motor can be placed between each turbine and its associated compressor to provide an initial source of supercharging when the engine is first started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Inventor: Dean S. Edmonds, Jr.
  • Patent number: D990479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Dean S. Edmonds, III, David S. Dao, William Carter, II, Daniel J. Widdershoven, David William Cerutti