Patents by Inventor Del E. Latham

Del E. Latham 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD OF MECHANICALLY DAMPENING A HOLD OPEN ROD
    Publication number: 20090300877
    Abstract: A mechanical rate control device for mechanically dampening a telescoping hold open rod including an outer tube, an inner tube concentrically displaced within the outer tube. The inner tube includes a head portion and at least two friction pads surrounding the inner tube. Each of the at least two friction pads includes an internal surface which substantially complements an external surface of the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew J. WOOD, Del E. Latham, Gary McMurtrey