Patents by Inventor Derek Allen

Derek Allen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250353041
    Abstract: A flame arrestor washing assembly that includes a vessel portion having a floor, a lid, opposing first and second side walls, a front wall and a rear wall that cooperate to define a vessel interior, a drawer member received in a front opening of the vessel portion that is movable between a closed position and an open position, a nozzle assembly depending downwardly from a lower surface of the lid, and a source of washing liquid in liquid communication with the nozzle assembly. The drawer member includes a bottom member having a plurality of drain openings defined therein and is sized to receive a flame arrestor on the bottom member. The nozzle assembly is configured to spray washing liquid toward the flame arrestor positioned on the bottom member of the drawer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventor: Derek Allen
  • Publication number: 20240262293
    Abstract: A vehicle trunk comprises: a first trunk part forming at least a first wall of the vehicle trunk, the first trunk part including a thermoplastic elastomer material, wherein the first trunk part is at least partially collapsible to facilitate installation of the vehicle trunk into an undercut region of a vehicle; and a second trunk part forming at least a second wall of the vehicle trunk, wherein the first and second trunk parts define an interior of the vehicle trunk, and wherein the second trunk part includes a fiber-reinforced polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kang Ye, Derek Allen, Sam Tan, Eric Magnus Bach
  • Patent number: 10969055
    Abstract: Described are direct flame impingement shields for fire tubes in heater treaters which reduce corrosion of the fire tubes. The direct flame impingement shield is removable and replaceable. The direct flame impingement shield may be formed from a variety of types of stainless steel or other corrosion resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Derek Allen
  • Publication number: 20200318775
    Abstract: Described are direct flame impingement shields for fire tubes in heater treaters which reduce corrosion of the fire tubes. The direct flame impingement shield is removable and replaceable. The direct flame impingement shield may be formed from a variety of types of stainless steel or other corrosion resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Derek Allen
  • Patent number: 10247657
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scanner for scanning fire tubes in heater treaters. A scanner may include a curved body. The curved body having an outside of a curve and an inside of a curve. At least one magnet is coupled to the outside of the curve of the curved body. At least one sensor is coupled adjacent the at least one magnet on the outside of the curve of the curved body. A data transmitter is coupled to the at least one sensor. At least one wheel is coupled to an edge of the curved body. A distance measurer is coupled to the curved body. A hook coupler is coupled to the curved body. A method of using the scanner for scanning a fire tube includes placing the scanner in the tube and pushing/pulling the scanner up and down the tube around the entire circumference of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Allen Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Allen, Dillon Allen, David Allen
  • Publication number: 20180321133
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scanner for scanning fire tubes in heater treaters. A scanner may include a curved body. The curved body having an outside of a curve and an inside of a curve. At least one magnet is coupled to the outside of the curve of the curved body. At least one sensor is coupled adjacent the at least one magnet on the outside of the curve of the curved body. A data transmitter is coupled to the at least one sensor. At least one wheel is coupled to an edge of the curved body. A distance measurer is coupled to the curved body. A hook coupler is coupled to the curved body. A method of using the scanner for scanning a fire tube includes placing the scanner in the tube and pushing/pulling the scanner up and down the tube around the entire circumference of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Derek Allen, Dillon Allen, David Allen
  • Patent number: 10041621
    Abstract: Disclosed are protective wraps for fire tubes in heater treaters which reduce corrosion of the fire tubes. A protective wrap for a fire tube in a heater treater having at least one sheet of corrosion resistant material bent around at least a portion of the fire tube, and wherein the sheet of corrosion resistant material is coupled to the fire tube. The protective wrap may be coupled to the fire tube through the use of bands, welding or the like. The protective wrap may be formed from a variety of types of stainless steel or other corrosion resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventors: Derek Allen, Dillon Allen, David Allen
  • Patent number: 10011157
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front windshield that continuously extends along an A-pillar so as to form a partial roof of the vehicle above a driver area; a visor having a proximate end hinged to the A-pillar so as to assume a stowed position along the A-pillar; and on the front windshield, an attachment configured to selectively engage a distal end of the visor in a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TESLA, INC.
    Inventors: Miklos Szentkiralyi, Craig Cochrane, Jorge Fialho, Derek Allen, Joonas Vartola, Franz Von Holzhausen
  • Publication number: 20170021703
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front windshield that continuously extends along an A-pillar so as to form a partial roof of the vehicle above a driver area; a visor having a proximate end hinged to the A-pillar so as to assume a stowed position along the A-pillar; and on the front windshield, an attachment configured to selectively engage a distal end of the visor in a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Miklos SZENTKIRALYI, Craig COCHRANE, Jorge FIALHO, Derek ALLEN, Joonas VARTOLA, Franz VON HOLZHAUSEN
  • Patent number: 9455078
    Abstract: A non-linear multi-pole magnetization pattern is used to magnetize flexible magnetizable sheets. The non-linear pattern is produced by a magnetizing mechanism having a set of angled magnets. Shifting of magnetic sheet positions in a stack is eliminated by randomizing the positions of the multiple magnetic poles in such manner that as the magnetic sheets are stacked, each sheet will have a multi-pole configuration different from the adjacent sheets below and above it on the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Magnum Magnetics Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Stout, Douglas William Rummer, Derek Allen
  • Publication number: 20160035471
    Abstract: A non-linear multi-pole magnetization pattern is used to magnetize flexible magnetizable sheets. The non-linear pattern is produced by a magnetizing mechanism having a set of angled magnets. Shifting of magnetic sheet positions in a stack is eliminated by randomizing the positions of the multiple magnetic poles in such manner that as the magnetic sheets are stacked, each sheet will have a multi-pole configuration different from the adjacent sheets below and above it on the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph B. Stout, Douglas William Rummer, Derek Allen