Patents by Inventor James Van Dis

James Van Dis 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: 9682787
    Abstract: A protective cover mountable on a pitot prob disposed on the fuselage of an idle aircraft adapted to be tailored to similar covers mountable on other probes of such aircraft, including a tubular body of a braided fabric material provided with a recess therein for receiving the leading end of a pitot tube therein, a first annular member disposed in such recess adjacent an open end thereof having a portion of the tubular body projecting therethrough, including such member therein and a second annular member disposed substantially coaxially with such first annular member and secured to such tubular body of braided fabric material, having at least one tab provided on the exterior thereof provided with means to tether such cover to similar covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SERIAS DESIGN LLC
    Inventors: James Van Dis, Ernest Jefferson
  • Patent number: 9174743
    Abstract: A protective cover for a pilot probe of an aircraft comprising a first tubular member formed of a rigid material, and a second tubular member formed of a rigid material, and a second tubular member formed of a flexible material including a first ply disposed on an inner side of the first tubular member, having an opening at a first end thereof for receiving the leading end of a pilot probe therein and a closed second end, and a second ply disposed on an outer side of the first tubular member, having a first end thereof secured about the first end of the inner ply and a second end secured to the second end of the first ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SERIAS DESIGN LLC
    Inventor: James Van Dis
  • Publication number: 20150059939
    Abstract: A protective cover mountable on a pitot prob disposed on the fuselage of an idle aircraft adapted to be tailored to similar covers mountable on other probes of such aircraft, including a tubular body of a braided fabric material provided with a recess therein for receiving the leading end of a pitot tube therein, a first annular member disposed in such recess adjacent an open end thereof having a portion of the tubular body projecting therethrough, including such member therein and a second annular member disposed substantially coaxially with such first annular member and secured to such tubular body of braided fabric material, having at least one tab provided on the exterior thereof provided with means to tether such cover to similar covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Serias Design LLC
    Inventors: James Van Dis, Ernest Jefferson
  • Publication number: 20140331767
    Abstract: A protective cover for a pilot probe of an aircraft comprising a first tubular member formed of a rigid material, and a second tubular member formed of a rigid material, and a second tubular member formed of a flexible material including a first ply disposed on an inner side of the first tubular member, having an opening at a first end thereof for receiving the leading end of a pilot probe therein and a closed second end, and a second ply disposed on an outer side of the first tubular member, having a first end thereof secured about the first end of the inner ply and a second end secured to the second end of the first ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Serias Design LLC
    Inventor: James Van Dis