Patents by Inventor Dirk Matthew Steckmann

Dirk Matthew Steckmann 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).

  • Device for determining and maintaining mold gyration angle in a gyratory compactor
    Patent number: 7370574
    Abstract: A gyratory compactor apparatus is provided for interacting with a sample within a generally cylindrical mold having a flange. Such an apparatus comprises a frame defining an axis and an offsetable member engaged with the frame for engaging one end of the mold. The offsetable member is displaceable from the axis and is concurrently movable in an orbital motion thereabout. A pressure ram is movable along the axis and a mold-engaging device is engaged with the frame for receiving the mold such that the mold and frame axes are coaxial. The pressure ram is axially movable within the mold to apply a compaction pressure on the sample, and thereby maintains a portion of the mold at a gyration point along the frame axis. The mold-engaging device axially moves the mold into engagement with the offsetable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Verna, Dirk Matthew Steckmann, William A. Gowan, Rayvonn Donnell Core, William Matthew Moscrip
  • Interaction device for a mold for a gyratory compactor
    Patent number: 7360444
    Abstract: A gyratory compactor apparatus is provided for interacting with a sample within a generally cylindrical mold having a flange. Such an apparatus comprises a frame defining an axis and an offsetable member engaged with the frame for engaging one end of the mold. The offsetable member is displaceable from the axis and is concurrently movable in an orbital motion thereabout. A pressure ram is movable along the axis and a mold-engaging device is engaged with the frame for receiving the mold such that the mold and frame axes are coaxial. The pressure ram is axially movable within the mold to apply a compaction pressure on the sample, and thereby maintains a portion of the mold at a gyration point along the frame axis. The mold-engaging device axially moves the mold into engagement with the offsetable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Verna, Dirk Matthew Steckmann, William A. Gowan, Rayvonn Donnell Core, William Matthew Moscrip
  • Gyratory compactor apparatus and associated devices and methods
    Patent number: 7121149
    Abstract: A gyratory compactor apparatus is provided for interacting with a sample within a generally cylindrical mold having a flange. Such an apparatus comprises a frame defining an axis and an offsetable member engaged with the frame for engaging one end of the mold. The offsetable member is displaceable from the axis and is concurrently movable in an orbital motion thereabout. A pressure ram is movable along the axis and a mold-engaging device is engaged with the frame for receiving the mold such that the mold and frame axes are coaxial. The pressure ram is axially movable within the mold to apply a compaction pressure on the sample, and thereby maintains a portion of the mold at a gyration point along the frame axis. The mold-engaging device axially moves the mold into engagement with the offsetable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Verna, Dirk Matthew Steckmann, William A. Gowan, Rayvonn Donnell Core, William Matthew Moscrip
  • Gyratory compactor apparatus and associated devices and methods
    Publication number: 20040194552
    Abstract: A gyratory compactor apparatus is provided for interacting with a sample within a generally cylindrical mold having a flange. Such an apparatus comprises a frame defining an axis and an offsetable member engaged with the frame for engaging one end of the mold. The offsetable member is displaceable from the axis and is concurrently movable in an orbital motion thereabout. A pressure ram is movable along the axis and a mold-engaging device is engaged with the frame for receiving the mold such that the mold and frame axes are coaxial. The pressure ram is axially movable within the mold to apply a compaction pressure on the sample, and thereby maintains a portion of the mold at a gyration point along the frame axis. The mold-engaging device axially moves the mold into engagement with the offsetable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Verna, Dirk Matthew Steckmann, William A. Gowan, Rayvonn Donnell Core, William Matthew Moscrip