Patents by Inventor Jason N. MacDonald

Jason N. MacDonald 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).

  • Modular compaction boring machine system
    Patent number: 9850715
    Abstract: A modular compaction boring device. The boring device comprises a compaction boring head which creates a borehole through a subsurface by operation of a thruster and a rear and forward anchor. Extension of the thruster while the rear anchors are engaged move the boring head forward. Retraction of the thruster while the forward anchors are engaged brings the rear anchors forward for an addition stroke. A steering geometry in the boring head and rotation of the boring head allow steering of the boring device. Steering, thrust, and anchors may be controlled remotely through an umbilical cable pulled through the borehole by the boring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry W. Beckwith, Dustin Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Tony D. Kukuk, Jason N. MacDonald, Monika E. B. Salas, F. Loyd Sands, Wally E. Shaffer, Richard F. Sharp, Brent G. Stephenson, Damon C. Webb, Kendall C. Young
  • Modular Compaction Boring Machine System
    Publication number: 20150211302
    Abstract: A modular compaction boring device. The boring device comprises a compaction boring head which creates a borehole through a subsurface by operation of a thruster and a rear and forward anchor. Extension of the thruster while the rear anchors are engaged move the boring head forward. Retraction of the thruster while the forward anchors are engaged brings the rear anchors forward for an addition stroke. A steering geometry in the boring head and rotation of the boring head allow steering of the boring device. Steering, thrust, and anchors may be controlled remotely through an umbilical cable pulled through the borehole by the boring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry W. Beckwith, Dustin Blessum, Michael F. Gard, Tony D. Kukuk, Jason N. MacDonald, Monika E.B. Salas, F. Loyd Sands, Wally E. Shaffer, Richard F. Sharp, Brent G. Sephenson, Damon C. Webb, Kendall C. Young