Patents by Inventor Dennis Jay Smith, JR.

Dennis Jay Smith, JR. 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).

  • Check valve control unit
    Patent number: 10323759
    Abstract: Embodiments include a check valve that comprises a valve body defining an inlet port and an outlet port; a disc disposed within the valve body, wherein the disc is coupled to a pivot shaft and the pivot shaft is coupled to the valve body; a lever arm coupled to the disc, wherein when the disc rotates the lever arm rotates; an actuator shaft couple to a motor, and a first interference element coupled to the actuator shaft, wherein the lever arm contacts the first interference element when the disc is in a maximum open position; wherein when the motor rotates the actuator shaft moves longitudinally along its axis to move the first interference element thereby changing the maximum open position. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DeZURIK, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Tanner, Forrest Halvorson, David G. Hildebrandt, Donald L. Bartell, Jr., Dennis Jay Smith, Jr., Timothy M. O'Shea
  • CHECK VALVE CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20170089475
    Abstract: Embodiments include a check valve that comprises a valve body defining an inlet port and an outlet port; a disc disposed within the valve body, wherein the disc is coupled to a pivot shaft and the pivot shaft is coupled to the valve body; a lever arm coupled to the disc, wherein when the disc rotates the lever arm rotates; an actuator shaft couple to a motor, and a first interference element coupled to the actuator shaft, wherein the lever arm contacts the first interference element when the disc is in a maximum open position; wherein when the motor rotates the actuator shaft moves longitudinally along its axis to move the first interference element thereby changing the maximum open position. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas J. Tanner, Forrest Halvorson, David G. Hildebrandt, Donald L. Bartell, JR., Dennis Jay Smith, JR., Timothy M. O'Shea