Patents by Inventor Donald DeVall

Donald DeVall 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).

  • Publication number: 20070251727
    Abstract: A drill steel includes a drill bit and a reamer bit. The drill steel rotates the drill bit to form a hole in a work surface and drives forward to insert the reamer bit into the hole. The reamer bit includes a plurality of inserts positioned on a cylindrical drilling surface to ream out the hole by carving channels in the hole interior surface. The inserts include cutting elements that have radiused or arcuate edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventor: Donald DeVall
  • Publication number: 20070167266
    Abstract: A game ball is instrumented with a transducer to measure the impact forces on the ball and/or the decelerations by the ball experienced during an attempted catch by a person. The impact forces on the ball are equal and opposite to the forces on the hands of a person catching the ball so that the ball may be used as a training apparatus to teach a person the proper technique to catch a ball. A preferred catching technique includes decelerating the approaching ball to rest by the hands such that the action time of the catch is increased and the resulting force on the hands and the ball is decreased. Wireless transmission of data from the ball is sent to a remote receiver in one embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventor: Donald DeVall