Patents by Inventor Derek Grant

Derek Grant 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).

  • Axle mounted tire shrapnel containment shield
    Patent number: 12202550
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tire containment device securely mounted to an axle of a vehicle to contain shrapnel caused by a tire blowout. In an illustrative example, the tire containment device may include an axle bracket and a tire fender. The axle bracket, for example, may be mounted to an axle of the vehicle. The tire fender may, for example, have a substantially continuous containment cavity. In some examples, when the tire fender is coupled to a vehicle axle by the axle bracket, the containment cavity may extend over at least a top and an exterior face of an upper third of a diameter of a tire. For example, the containment cavity may substantially intercept shrapnel from failure of the tire before it reaches a body of the vehicle. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce damage to a body of the vehicle during a tire blowout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Derek Grant
  • AXLE MOUNTED TIRE SHRAPNEL CONTAINMENT SHIELD
    Publication number: 20220363319
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tire containment device securely mounted to an axle of a vehicle to contain shrapnel caused by a tire blowout. In an illustrative example, the tire containment device may include an axle bracket and a tire fender. The axle bracket, for example, may be mounted to an axle of the vehicle. The tire fender may, for example, have a substantially continuous containment cavity. In some examples, when the tire fender is coupled to a vehicle axle by the axle bracket, the containment cavity may extend over at least a top and an exterior face of an upper third of a diameter of a tire. For example, the containment cavity may substantially intercept shrapnel from failure of the tire before it reaches a body of the vehicle. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce damage to a body of the vehicle during a tire blowout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Derek Grant
  • Use of chelating agents in the treatment of atherosclerotic conditions
    Patent number: 6310051
    Abstract: The invention provides the use of dipyridoxyl or aminopolycarboxylic acid based chelating agents, metal chelates and salts thereof, in the manufacture of a therapeutic agent for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of atherosclerosis and related conditions in the human or non-human animal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Nycomed Imaging AS
    Inventors: Jan Olof Gustav Karlsson, Rolf Goran Gustav Andersson, Anders Olsson, Bo Zieden, Per Jynge, Tudor Griffith, Derek Grant, Robertson Towart, Helge Refsum