Patents by Inventor Dewey Chauvin
Dewey Chauvin 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).
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Publication number: 20240123305Abstract: A sport helmet may include a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, and a lattice formed of flexible polymeric material, configured to deform from an initial shape upon an impact on the sport helmet and recover the initial shape thereafter to absorb at least part of the impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Bauer Hockey Ltd.Inventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Patent number: 11951368Abstract: A ball bat includes outer shell segments longitudinally spaced apart from each other to form a gap between them. A joint connects the segments. A first outer shell segment may include a barrel portion of the ball bat and at least part of a tapered portion of the ball bat. A second outer shell segment may include at least part of the tapered portion. The joint may include a tubular element having a first portion positioned within the first outer shell segment and at least partially overlapping an interior surface of the first outer shell segment, and a second portion positioned within the second outer shell segment and at least partially overlapping an interior surface of the second outer shell segment. The tubular element may include an elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the joint may be formed by an elastomeric material connecting the outer shell segments in the gap.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Dewey Chauvin, Linda Hunt, Ian Montgomery, Frederic St-Laurent
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Patent number: 11844986Abstract: A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Patent number: 11794084Abstract: A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Patent number: 11779821Abstract: A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Patent number: 11731017Abstract: A ball bat includes a barrel portion, a handle portion, and a joint connecting the handle portion to the barrel portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes a releasable connector configured to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes two releasable connectors to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. The ball bat may include a flexible rod element positioned between the two releasable connectors. The rod element may include an elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the ball bat may further include a safety connector between the barrel portion and the handle portion or a releasable connector may include a threaded connection to resist release of the releasable connector. In some embodiments, the joint may include a rotatable element for adjusting flex.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Grant Douglas, Dewey Chauvin, Linda Hunt
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Patent number: 11660512Abstract: A method of making a ball bat may include forming a bat frame with a handle and an inner barrel structure, providing spacer elements extending radially outwardly from the inner barrel structure, and forming a barrel shell having a main barrel and a tapered section. An inner diameter in the tapered section may be equal to an outer diameter of a first one of the spacer elements. The method may include mechanically locking the barrel shell to the bat frame by passing the handle through the barrel shell and moving the barrel shell toward the inner barrel structure until the barrel shell contacts the first one of the spacer elements. A gap is maintained between an outer diameter of the inner barrel structure and the barrel shell. The barrel shell may deflect during a hit to create a trampoline effect, while the inner barrel structure limits the deflection.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Linda Hunt, Grant Douglas, Dewey Chauvin, Ian Montgomery
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Publication number: 20230057457Abstract: A ball bat includes a continuous tape of fiber material wrapped around the longitudinal axis in a helix extending along the longitudinal axis. Interlaminar interfaces between adjacent turns of the tape are oriented obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the ball bat includes a preform structure, the tape being wrapped around the preform structure. In some embodiments, the ball bat includes a flared element on the preform structure. An end of the continuous tape may be positioned on an angled surface of the flared element. An outer skin may be positioned over the tape. Methods of making ball bats may include attaching a first end of a fiber tape to a flared element on a preform structure or a mandrel and wrapping the fiber tape around the preform structure or mandrel in a helix extending along the longitudinal axis of the preform structure or mandrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Frederic ST-LAURENT, Dewey CHAUVIN
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Patent number: 11547912Abstract: A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Bauer Hockey Ltd.Inventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Publication number: 20220054909Abstract: Representative embodiments of the present technology may include a ball bat with a handle, a barrel attached to or continuous with the handle along a longitudinal axis of the bat, and a reduced-durability region positioned in the barrel. The reduced-durability region may include two adjacent stacks of composite laminate plies, wherein the stacks are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis to form a first gap therebetween. A separation ply may be positioned in the first gap between the stacks. The separation ply may include a non-woven mat material. At least one cap ply element may be positioned around an end of one of the stacks. In some embodiments, an axis of the first gap is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Dewey CHAUVIN, Ian MONTGOMERY, Frederic ST-LAURENT
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Patent number: 11224788Abstract: An end-cap assembly is configured to be attached to a distal end of a barrel of a ball bat. In some embodiments, the end-cap assembly includes a sprung-mass portion, a base portion, and one or more flexible members connecting the sprung-mass portion to the base portion. The sprung-mass portion is movable relative to the base portion along one or more directions, such as one or more directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ball bat. A ball bat may include a handle, a barrel attached to the handle, and an end-cap assembly attached to the barrel. The end-cap assembly may include a sprung-mass portion, a base portion, and one or more flexible members connecting the sprung-mass portion to the base portion to allow the sprung-mass portion to move relative to the distal end of the ball bat.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Dewey Chauvin, Linda Hunt, Ian Montgomery
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Patent number: 11167191Abstract: An end-cap assembly for a ball bat or other sporting-good implement includes one or more removable weights, so that the weight of the end cap—and of the ball bat—may be adjusted. The one or more weights may reside in a receiving space or recess in an end-cap cup of the end-cap assembly. A fastener removably attaches the one or more weights to the end-cap cup. In some embodiments, the fastener may include threads that engage threads in a bore in the end-cap cup.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: John Anderle, Dewey Chauvin, Linda Hunt, Grant Douglas, Ian Montgomery, Trevor Anderson
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Patent number: 11167190Abstract: Representative embodiments of the present technology may include a ball bat with a handle, a barrel attached to or continuous with the handle along a longitudinal axis of the bat, and a reduced-durability region positioned in the barrel. The reduced-durability region may include two adjacent stacks of composite laminate plies, wherein the stacks are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis to form a first gap therebetween. A separation ply may be positioned in the first gap between the stacks. The separation ply may include a non-woven mat material. At least one cap ply element may be positioned around an end of one of the stacks. In some embodiments, an axis of the first gap is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bat.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Dewey Chauvin, Ian Montgomery, Frederic St-Laurent
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Publication number: 20210268352Abstract: A ball bat includes an outer shell and an insert positioned in a ball striking area of the outer shell. The insert may include a tube element and one or more spacer elements positioned to form a gap between the tube element and the outer shell along at least a portion of a length of the tube element. In some embodiments, the insert or the gap may extend along only the length of the ball striking area. The outer shell may provide some compliance during a hit to create a trampoline effect, while the insert may provide a backstop to limit radial deflection of the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Ian MONTGOMERY, Linda HUNT, Dewey CHAUVIN
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Publication number: 20210252359Abstract: A ball bat includes a barrel portion, a handle portion, and a joint connecting the handle portion to the barrel portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes a releasable connector configured to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes two releasable connectors to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. The ball bat may include a flexible rod element positioned between the two releasable connectors. The rod element may include an elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the ball bat may further include a safety connector between the barrel portion and the handle portion or a releasable connector may include a threaded connection to resist release of the releasable connector. In some embodiments, the joint may include a rotatable element for adjusting flex.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Grant DOUGLAS, Dewey CHAUVIN, Linda HUNT
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Publication number: 20210252358Abstract: A ball bat includes a barrel wall with a composite laminate structure that includes an outwardly facing skin, an inwardly facing skin, a stack of composite laminate plies positioned between the outwardly facing skin and the inwardly facing skin, and a discontinuity in the stack forming a gap along a longitudinal axis of the bat. A rigid or semi-rigid appliance may be positioned in the gap. The appliance may be a ring element, which may have a cross-section that traverses the composite laminate plies in the stack in a direction that is perpendicular or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the bat. The cross-section of the ring element may be triangular. A second ring element may be positioned in the barrel wall. The second ring element may be connected to the other ring element with an adhesive bond or a connecting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Dewey CHAUVIN, Frederic ST-LAURENT, Mick KAPLAN, Ian MONTGOMERY
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Patent number: 11013967Abstract: A ball bat includes a barrel wall with a composite laminate structure that includes an outwardly facing skin, an inwardly facing skin, a stack of composite laminate plies positioned between the outwardly facing skin and the inwardly facing skin, and a discontinuity in the stack forming a gap along a longitudinal axis of the bat. A rigid or semi-rigid appliance may be positioned in the gap. The appliance may be a ring element, which may have a cross-section that traverses the composite laminate plies in the stack in a direction that is perpendicular or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the bat. The cross-section of the ring element may be triangular. A second ring element may be positioned in the barrel wall. The second ring element may be connected to the other ring element with an adhesive bond or a connecting element.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Dewey Chauvin, Frederic St-Laurent, Mick Kaplan, Ian Montgomery
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Patent number: 11013968Abstract: A ball bat includes a barrel portion, a handle portion, and a joint connecting the handle portion to the barrel portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes a releasable connector configured to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes two releasable connectors to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. The ball bat may include a flexible rod element positioned between the two releasable connectors. The rod element may include an elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the ball bat may further include a safety connector between the barrel portion and the handle portion or a releasable connector may include a threaded connection to resist release of the releasable connector. In some embodiments, the joint may include a rotatable element for adjusting flex.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Grant Douglas, Dewey Chauvin, Linda Hunt
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Publication number: 20210121754Abstract: An end-cap assembly is configured to be attached to a distal end of a barrel of a ball bat. In some embodiments, the end-cap assembly includes a sprung-mass portion, a base portion, and one or more flexible members connecting the sprung-mass portion to the base portion. The sprung-mass portion is movable relative to the base portion along one or more directions, such as one or more directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ball bat. A ball bat may include a handle, a barrel attached to the handle, and an end-cap assembly attached to the barrel. The end-cap assembly may include a sprung-mass portion, a base portion, and one or more flexible members connecting the sprung-mass portion to the base portion to allow the sprung-mass portion to move relative to the distal end of the ball bat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Dewey CHAUVIN, Linda HUNT, Ian MONTGOMERY
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Patent number: 10940377Abstract: A ball bat may include a barrel wall formed at least in part by a plurality of concentric first composite laminate layers and a plurality of second composite laminate layers oriented transverse to the first composite laminate layers. In some embodiments, a ball bat may include composite material with a plurality of fibers oriented along a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bat.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLCInventors: Dewey Chauvin, Ian Montgomery, Frederic St-Laurent