Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Kirk

Jeffrey Kirk 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: 11920647
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a disc brake rotor assembly is provided that includes a disc brake rotor and a wheel hub. One of the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub includes a plurality of pairs of partial keyways and the other of the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub includes intermediate partial keyways configured to fit intermediate the pairs of partial keyways to form keyways. The disc brake rotor assembly further includes a plurality of fasteners configured to be received in the keyways to secure the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Consolidated Metco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan David Harrington, Jared Wiley Richard Burris, William Joseph Edwards, Darren Kirk Johnson, Pavan Kumar Dunna, Jeffrey Adam Ricks
  • Patent number: 11732499
    Abstract: A guide device (10) is disclosed for constructing a wire or cable fence. The device (10) is arranged for contact with, and movement along, strands of pretensioned wire or cable (64) which form the fence wires. The guide device (10) has a number of rotatable members (16) on a generally horizontal axis of rotation, which are each arranged in use to support one of the strands (64) at a respective, pre-determined elevation above surrounding ground (8). A plurality of fence posts (66) having through-holes (68) that are arranged for receipt of the respective strand(s) (64) can then be caused to slide along the strands (64) in use without contacting the surrounding ground (8), and be spaced apart along those strands (64) to form the posts of the fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Peter Weston, Jeffrey Kirk
  • Patent number: 10538123
    Abstract: Installable and removable inserts for pocket folders and their method of manufacturer are shown and described. Inserts have spaced part divider panels which are anchored to a base plate or form a base plate. In one embodiment, a single plate divider also forms the base and one upright divider while another element with two dividers is bonded to the base. In another embodiment two separate upright dividers are bonded together at a common upright wall and the pair is then bonded to a base. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kirk, GinAnn Matsch, Scott Wiegrefe
  • Publication number: 20190284835
    Abstract: A guide device (10) is disclosed for constructing a wire or cable fence. The device (10) is arranged for contact with, and movement along, strands of pretensioned wire or cable (64) which form the fence wires. The guide device (10) has a number of rotatable members (16) on a generally horizontal axis of rotation, which are each arranged in use to support one of the strands (64) at a respective, pre-determined elevation above surrounding ground (8). A plurality of fence posts (66) having through-holes (68) that are arranged for receipt of the respective strand(s) (64) can then be caused to slide along the strands (64) in use without contacting the surrounding ground (8), and be spaced apart along those strands (64) to form the posts of the fence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Peter Weston, Jeffrey Kirk
  • Patent number: 10065444
    Abstract: Installable and removable inserts for pocket folders and their method of manufacturer are shown and described. Inserts have spaced part divider panels which are anchored to a base plate or form a base plate. In one embodiment, a single plate divider also forms the base and one upright divider while another element with two dividers is bonded to the base. In another embodiment two separate upright dividers are bonded together at a common upright wall and the pair is then bonded to a base. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kirk, GinAnn Matsch, Scott Wiegrefe
  • Publication number: 20180168746
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for attaching a trocar to a surgical arm. For example, a surgical system is provided that has a trocar with a housing and a cannula extending distally from the housing. The housing and the cannula have a tool pathway extending therethrough for receiving a tool. The system also has a trocar support that is configured to be mounted on a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The trocar is configured to couple to the trocar support through a variety of engagements, such as engaging the trocar in a first configuration that allows free movement of the trocar relative to the trocar support and in a second configuration in which the trocar is locked in a fixed position relative to the trocar support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jeffrey Kirk
  • Patent number: 8256330
    Abstract: A guarded surgical knife handle includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle postion, and a button. The lower handle portion includes a blade holder, a proximal pair of lateral shelves, and a distal pair of lateral shelves. The upper handle portion includes a guard portion, a proximal post between the proximal pair of shelves with a first widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves, and a distal post between the distal pair of shelves with a second widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves. The button has a button waist narrower than the second lateral spacing and a widened button portion below the button waist wider than the second lateral spacing. A bias member connected to the button and at least one of the handle portions provides an upward force on the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Auchter, Randal Lee Berardi, Edwin Warren Blatt, Jeffrey Kirk Landis, David Robert Schiff, Seth McCue GaleWyrick
  • Publication number: 20100125290
    Abstract: A guarded surgical knife handle includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle postion, and a button. The lower handle portion includes a blade holder, a proximal pair of lateral shelves, and a distal pair of lateral shelves. The upper handle portion includes a guard portion, a proximal post between the proximal pair of shelves with a first widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves, and a distal post between the distal pair of shelves with a second widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves. The button has a button waist narrower than the second lateral spacing and a widened button portion below the button waist wider than the second lateral spacing. A bias member connected to the button and at least one of the handle portions provides an upward force on the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Auchter, Randal Lee Berardi, Edwin Warren Blatt, Jeffrey Kirk Landis, David Robert Schiff, Seth McCue GaleWyrick
  • Publication number: 20060085243
    Abstract: A service-oriented architecture includes applications, business services, business functions, and data repositories for developing human resource or other applications. A business service provides a set of business functions. The applications access business functions within business services. The business functions provide mechanisms for accessing and processing data in the data repositories. Applications may access business functions directly or through an interface that provides a common format for accessing the business functions. The business functions may access data through components that provide data transformation and mapping so that the business functions may be independent of the data format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Workscape, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Cooper, Jeffrey Kirk, Maciek Kolesnik, William Nazzaro, Marc Sacoolas, Michael Waluk
  • Patent number: D819731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kirk, Glenda Young, Daniel Seleski