Patents by Inventor Isaac B. Thomas

Isaac B. Thomas 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).

  • PISTON WITH A BIAXIAL BEARING FOR AN OPPOSED-PISTON ENGINE
    Publication number: 20240191653
    Abstract: A piston is configured to be used in a cylinder bore of an opposed-piston. The piston includes a biaxial bearing. The biaxial bearing includes a biaxial wrist pin with a diameter configured to be less than half the diameter of the cylinder bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Achates Power, Inc.
    Inventor: Isaac B. Thomas
  • Piston for an opposed-piston engine
    Patent number: 11773769
    Abstract: In an opposed-piston engine, a piston has a top land. The piston top land has a non-cylindrical shape which affords more clearance with a piston bore to thrust and anti-thrust sides than to front-facing and rear facing sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Achates Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Chown, Ryan G. MacKenzie, Isaac B. Thomas
  • PISTON FOR AN OPPOSED-PISTON ENGINE
    Publication number: 20230030878
    Abstract: In an opposed-piston engine, a piston has a top land. The piston top land has a non-cylindrical shape which affords more clearance with a piston bore to thrust and anti-thrust sides than to front-facing and rear facing sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Achates Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Chown, Ryan G. MacKenzie, Isaac B. Thomas