Patents by Inventor J. Luke Jenkins

J. Luke Jenkins 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: 20180297227
    Abstract: A cutting tool is configured to cut a tube. The cutting tool comprises a tube cutter. The tube cutter includes a housing having a blade opening and a profile defining a tube opening configured to receive the tube. The tube cutter also includes a blade arranged in the blade opening and extending into the tube opening. The cutting tool further comprises a handle having a grip portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion configured to removably attach the tube cutter to the handle. The cutting tool also comprises a ratcheting mechanism configured to alternatively lock and unlock the tube cutter for rotation with the handle. When the tube cutter is attached to the mounting portion, the tube is arranged in the tube opening, and the handle is rotated in a first direction about the pipe, the ratcheting mechanism locks the tube cutter for rotation with the handle, such that the tube cutter rotates with the handle and the blade cuts the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: J. Luke Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20180263129
    Abstract: A modular garage door opener system and method including a garage door opener having a motor that is configured to be coupled to a garage door to open and close the garage door. The garage door opener includes a first accessory port including a first accessory mounting interface and a second accessory port disposed on the garage door opener including a second accessory mounting interface. An accessory device including a first mounting interface engages the first accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the first accessory port. The accessory device may be disengaged from the first accessory mounting interface and then engage the second accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the second accessory port. Additionally, a second accessory device may engage the first accessory port after disengagement of the accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: J. Porter Whitmire, Todd Zimmerman, Mark Huggins, Michael Preus, Parke Pleasants, J. Luke Jenkins, Robert E. McCracken, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, C. Eric Lagman
  • Patent number: 10015898
    Abstract: A modular garage door opener system and method including a garage door opener having a motor that is configured to be coupled to a garage door to open and close the garage door. The garage door opener includes a first accessory port including a first accessory mounting interface and a second accessory port disposed on the garage door opener including a second accessory mounting interface. An accessory device including a first mounting interface engages the first accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the first accessory port. The accessory device may be disengaged from the first accessory mounting interface and then engage the second accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the second accessory port. Additionally, a second accessory device may engage the first accessory port after disengagement of the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: J. Porter Whitmire, Todd Zimmerman, Mark Huggins, Michael Preus, Parke Pleasants, J. Luke Jenkins, Robert E. McCracken, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, C. Eric Lagman
  • Publication number: 20170295658
    Abstract: A modular garage door opener system and method including a garage door opener having a motor that is configured to be coupled to a garage door to open and close the garage door. The garage door opener includes a first accessory port including a first accessory mounting interface and a second accessory port disposed on the garage door opener including a second accessory mounting interface. An accessory device including a first mounting interface engages the first accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the first accessory port. The accessory device may be disengaged from the first accessory mounting interface and then engage the second accessory mounting interface to couple the accessory device to the second accessory port. Additionally, a second accessory device may engage the first accessory port after disengagement of the accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: J. Porter Whitmire, Todd Zimmerman, Mark Huggins, Michael Preus, Parke Pleasants, J. Luke Jenkins, Robert E. McCracken, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, C. Eric Lagman
  • Publication number: 20170271632
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including a housing, a plurality of battery cells at least partially positioned within the housing, and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism including a first linkage member, a second linkage member in operable communication with the first linkage member, and a locking pawl directly coupled to the second linkage member and movable with respect to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: J. Luke Jenkins, Ryan Altenburger, William J. Saunders, Brent M. Willey, Li Sheng Ping
  • Patent number: D762165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D764402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D784260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D784261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D784926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D792343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D800062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D812010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Preus, Parke Pleasants, J. Luke Jenkins, John Schaalje, Taku Ohi, Steven Westover, C. Eric Lagman
  • Patent number: D816604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long
  • Patent number: D816605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tyler Rowe, Stuart Miller, J. Luke Jenkins, Matthew Corbin, Nicholas Norton, Sean Campbell, Daniel J. Bowen, C. Keith Long