Patents by Inventor Dennis Gill

Dennis Gill 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: 7434299
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing high precision arrays of curved features (e.g. lenses) in the surface of a workpiece are described utilizing orthogonal sets of inter-fitting locating grooves to mate a workpiece to a workpiece holder mounted to the spindle face of a rotating machine tool. The matching inter-fitting groove sets in the workpiece and the chuck allow precisely and non-kinematically indexing the workpiece to locations defined in two orthogonal directions perpendicular to the turning axis of the machine tool. At each location on the workpiece a curved feature can then be on-center machined to create arrays of curved features on the workpiece. The averaging effect of the corresponding sets of inter-fitting grooves provide for precise repeatability in determining, the relative locations of the centers of each of the curved features in an array of curved features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: David Dennis Gill, Gordon A. Keeler, Darwin K. Serkland, Sayan D. Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 4512827
    Abstract: In a mineral insulated electric cable the powdered insulating material is impregnated with a quantity of a hydrophobic material, for example a silicone, which has been introduced into the powder in liquid form. The added hydrophobic material serves as a barrier against the ingress of moisture, and liquid dimethylpolysiloxane has been found particularly effective, the pressure of even a small quantity of this preventing any significant degree of moisture penetration into the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Associated Electrical Industries Limited
    Inventor: Dennis Gill
  • Patent number: RE45355
    Abstract: A door hanger (140) is disclosed for use in installation of a door assembly (100). The door hanger (140) includes a jamb arm (142) with a triangular shaped edge (144), and proximate shorter edges (145) formed inwardly from the triangular shaped edge (144) and perpendicular to each other. A pair of opposing faces (143) are formed by the triangular shaped edge (144) and the proximate edges (145), and a central hole (146) is located substantially in the center of the opposing faces (143). An alignment flange (150) is perpendicular to the jamb arm (142) and includes a distal arcuate edge (152). The arcuate edge (152) has a configuration substantially conforming to the legs of a triangle. Formed inwardly from the distal arcuate edge (152) are a pair of opposing sides (154), with sets of alignment notches (156) formed on the opposing sides (154).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventors: Nathan K. Root, Dennis Gill, Michael Gill