Patents by Inventor Eric B. Nelson

Eric B. Nelson 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).

  • Patent number: 12600205
    Abstract: A system that secures an upper door of a UTV or other vehicle to the vehicle and enables the ready removal and storage of the upper door from the vehicle employs magnets. A first set of magnets is carried by the upper door. A second set of magnets, which is attracted to the first set of magnets, is carried directly or indirectly by the vehicle, such as by a filler panel secured to the vehicle. Methods of deploying and securing an upper door in place and at least partially removing the upper door are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: St. Anthony, LLC
    Inventors: Dan B. Thomas, Eric B. Nelson, Marc J. Stephenson, Cole P. Tomadakis
  • Publication number: 20250089126
    Abstract: A communications module for facilitating mobile wireless communication, the communications module including a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication, a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, a mode switch configured to change an operating setting of the communications module between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the transceiver communicates with a central communications unit, and in the second mode, the transceiver communicates with a corresponding communications module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin W. Sorensen, Eric B. Nelson, William Herbert Darden, IV, Bradley B. Bakke, Jeffrey Alfred Lick, Victoria Francesca B. Kull, Andrew Alden Spear
  • Publication number: 20240408942
    Abstract: A system that secures an upper door of a UTV or other vehicle to the vehicle and enables the ready removal and storage of the upper door from the vehicle employs magnets. A first set of magnets is carried by the upper door. A second set of magnets, which is attracted to the first set of magnets, is carried directly or indirectly by the vehicle, such as by a filler panel secured to the vehicle. Methods of deploying and securing an upper door in place and at least partially removing the upper door are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Dan B. Thomas, Eric B. Nelson, Marc J. Stephenson, Cole P. Tomadakis
  • Patent number: 11958342
    Abstract: A system that secures an upper door of a UTV or other vehicle to the vehicle and enables the ready removal and storage of the upper door from the vehicle employs magnets. A first set of magnets is carried by the upper door. A second set of magnets, which is attracted to the first set of magnets, is carried directly or indirectly by the vehicle, such as by a filler panel secured to the vehicle. Methods of deploying and securing an upper door in place and at least partially removing the upper door are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: St. Anthony, LLC
    Inventors: Dan B. Thomas, Eric B. Nelson, Marc J. Stephenson, Cole P. Tomadakis
  • Publication number: 20220161638
    Abstract: A system that secures an upper door of a UTV or other vehicle to the vehicle and enables the ready removal and storage of the upper door from the vehicle employs magnets. A first set of magnets is carried by the upper door. A second set of magnets, which is attracted to the first set of magnets, is carried directly or indirectly by the vehicle, such as by a filler panel secured to the vehicle. Methods of deploying and securing an upper door in place and at least partially removing the upper door are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Dan B. Thomas, Eric B. Nelson, Marc J. Stephenson, Cole P. Tomadakis
  • Patent number: D1007405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: St. Anthony, LLC
    Inventors: Dan B. Thomas, Jared Lewis, Eric B. Nelson, Justin J. Deschamps