Patents by Inventor Derek Coopman

Derek Coopman 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).

  • Amusement ride system
    Patent number: 11491408
    Abstract: A bogie configured to move along a track of an amusement ride includes two first lateral wheels, on each side of a vertical center plane of the bogie, for rolling along a run of the track. A second lateral wheel is mounted on each side of the vertical center plane and is movable perpendicular to the vertical center plane between a first position proximate the vertical plane and a second position spaced-away from the vertical plane. The bogie also includes a mechanism that provides a force to normally bias the second wheel toward the first position. The mechanism is configured such that the magnitude of the provided force increases with increasing separation between the second lateral wheel on one side of the vertical center plane and the second lateral wheel on the other side of the vertical center plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Jeffrey Beaudin, Robert Lockhart, William Nathaniel McNair, Derek Coopman, Brian Richard Gill, David Anthony Barlow, David Roy
  • AMUSEMENT RIDE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210106921
    Abstract: A bogie configured to move along a track of an amusement ride includes two first lateral wheels, on each side of a vertical center plane of the bogie, for rolling along a run of the track. A second lateral wheel is mounted on each side of the vertical center plane and is movable perpendicular to the vertical center plane between a first position proximate the vertical plane and a second position spaced-away from the vertical plane. The bogie also includes a mechanism that provides a force to normally bias the second wheel toward the first position. The mechanism is configured such that the magnitude of the provided force increases with increasing separation between the second lateral wheel on one side of the vertical center plane and the second lateral wheel on the other side of the vertical center plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Dynamo Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Jeffrey Beaudin, Robert Lockhart, William Nathaniel McNair, Derek Coopman, Brian Richard Gill, David Anthony Barlow, David Roy