Patents by Inventor Derek John Horton

Derek John Horton 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).

  • Isolation mount assembly
    Patent number: 11001306
    Abstract: An isolation mount assembly includes a rubber isolator formed to be seated within an aperture in a supported member, with an extension located on an exterior surface of the isolator; and includes a washer containing an aperture corresponding with a location of the extension. The isolator may include a through-hole and an inner sleeve, and be seated within a supported member. A method for temporarily securing a washer to a rubber isolator includes aligning an aperture in the washer to a corresponding securing feature on the isolator, inserting the securing feature through the aperture, pulling a detached end of the securing feature, pushing the washer towards the isolator until it makes contact with the surface of the isolator, and releasing the detached end of the securing feature. An exemplary method may include trimming or deforming an excess part of the extension after releasing the detached end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YUSA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Swapnil Kulkarni, Steven Spencer, Derek John Horton, Tsutomu Tamura, Brian S. Welch, Max B. Cruz Raygada
  • ISOLATION MOUNT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190039656
    Abstract: An isolation mount assembly includes a rubber isolator formed to be seated within an aperture in a supported member, with an extension located on an exterior surface of the isolator; and includes a washer containing an aperture corresponding with a location of the extension. The isolator may include a through-hole and an inner sleeve, and be seated within a supported member. A method for temporarily securing a washer to a rubber isolator includes aligning an aperture in the washer to a corresponding securing feature on the isolator, inserting the securing feature through the aperture, pulling a detached end of the securing feature, pushing the washer towards the isolator until it makes contact with the surface of the isolator, and releasing the detached end of the securing feature. An exemplary method may include trimming or deforming an excess part of the extension after releasing the detached end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Swapnil Kulkarni, Steven Spencer, Derek John Horton, Tsutomu Tamura, Brian S. Welch, Max B. Cruz Raygada