Patents by Inventor Gerrard HOLMS

Gerrard HOLMS 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).

  • Electric induction melting assembly
    Patent number: 10433374
    Abstract: A dry-break electrical disconnect is provided between an induction melting furnace and a component of the electric induction melting assembly in which the furnace is removably installed for melting in a vacuum or otherwise controlled environmental chamber. Electric power connections are made to the induction melting furnace in a sealed interior volume of the assembly component that can be pressurized and of a different environment than that in the controlled environmental chamber. The assembly component may be a tilting cradle installed in the controlled environment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CONSARC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerrard Holms, Mark Wilmerton, John D. Nelson
  • Electric Induction Melting Assembly
    Publication number: 20160249415
    Abstract: A dry-break electrical disconnect is provided between an induction melting furnace and a component of the electric induction melting assembly in which the furnace is removably installed for melting in a vacuum or otherwise controlled environmental chamber. Electric power connections are made to the induction melting furnace in a sealed interior volume of the assembly component that can be pressurized and of a different environment than that in the controlled environmental chamber. The assembly component may be a tilting cradle installed in the controlled environment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Gerrard HOLMS, Mark WILMERTON, John D. NELSON
  • Electric induction melting assembly
    Patent number: 9332594
    Abstract: A dry-break electrical disconnect is provided between an induction melting furnace and a component of the electric induction melting assembly in which the furnace is removably installed for melting in a vacuum or otherwise controlled environmental chamber. Electric power connections are made to the induction melting furnace in a sealed interior volume of the assembly component that can be pressurized and of a different environment than that in the controlled environmental chamber. The assembly component may be a tilting cradle installed in the controlled environment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CONSARC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerrard Holms, Mark Wilmerton, John D. Nelson
  • ELECTRIC INDUCTION MELTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130044785
    Abstract: A dry-break electrical disconnect is provided between an induction melting furnace and a component of the electric induction melting assembly in which the furnace is removably installed for melting in a vacuum or otherwise controlled environmental chamber. Electric power connections are made to the induction melting furnace in a sealed interior volume of the assembly component that can be pressurized and of a different environment than that in the controlled environmental chamber. The assembly component may be a tilting cradle installed in the controlled environment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Gerrard HOLMS, Mark WILLMERTON, John D. NELSON