Patents by Inventor John L. Hill, III

John L. Hill, III 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).

  • Drilling apparatus, method, and system
    Patent number: 8636448
    Abstract: A method of supporting a substrate includes inserting a rock bolt into a hole and using the rock bolt to form a groove in a wall of the hole when the rock bolt is inserted therein. The rock bolt is caused to interact with the groove in such a way that the rock bolt is secured in the hole at least in part by the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John L. Hill, III, Mike Brennan, Joram Shenhar, David Koch, Mark Lombardo, Benjamin Dolgin, Luis Giraldo
  • Centralizer-based survey and navigation device and method
    Patent number: 7870912
    Abstract: A Centralizer based Survey and Navigation (CSN) device designed to provide borehole or passageway position information. The CSN device can include one or more displacement sensors, centralizers, an odometry sensor, a borehole initialization system, and navigation algorithm implementing processor(s). Also, methods of using the CSN device for in-hole survey and navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon UTD, Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Dolgin, William Suliga, Brett Goldstein, David Vickerman, John L. Hill, III, Joram Shenhar, Keith Grindstaff, Steven A. Cotten
  • CENTRALIZER-BASED SURVEY AND NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100038068
    Abstract: A Centralizer based Survey and Navigation (CSN) device designed to provide borehole or passageway position information. The CSN device can include one or more displacement sensors, centralizers, an odometry sensor, a borehole initialization system, and navigation algorithm implementing processor(s). Also, methods of using the CSN device for in-hole survey and navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Benjamin Dolgin, William Suliga, Brett Goldstein, David Vickerman, John L. Hill, III, Joram Shenhar, Keith Grindstaff, Steven A. Cotten
  • Centralizer-based survey and navigation device and method
    Patent number: 7584808
    Abstract: A Centralizer based Survey and Navigation (CSN) device designed to provide borehole or passageway position information. The CSN device can include one or more displacement sensors, centralizers, an odometry sensor, a borehole initialization system, and navigation algorithm implementing processor(s). Also, methods of using the CSN device for in-hole survey and navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Raytheon UTD, Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Dolgin, William Suliga, Brett Goldstein, David Vickerman, John L. Hill, III, Joram Shenhar, Keith Grindstaff, Steven A. Cotten
  • Releasable device and method
    Patent number: 6382583
    Abstract: A safety device may be used to provide separation in the event of a side impact collision. The device may be used in a utility pole guy wire system, interposed between the guy wire and the ground anchor. The device operates in bending. A lateral force of sufficient magnitude applied to the device by the errant vehicle causes a rod within the device to break in tension, even though the tensile strength of the rod may be greater than that of the guy wire. In operation, certain massive portions of the device are tied safely to the ground, while other portions are pulled over the moving vehicle by the tension of the guy wire. The invention may be designed to tolerate axial loads, but to fail reliably when a side force exceeds a desired threshold. When installed in series with a utility pole guy wire, the invention will withstand all normal tensile and incidental loads, and will release when subjected to a high side force as from an automobile impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: UTD Incorporated
    Inventors: John L. Hill, III, Joram Shenhar, Stephen G. Solga, Donald B. Harris, Eugene L. Foster
  • Method and apparatus for determining path orientation of a passageway
    Patent number: 5193628
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining the position of a centerline of a passageway by using a measuring instrument which passes through the passageway taking periodic and successive axial strain measurements which are in turn used to form an interconnected series of circular arc segments representing the centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: UTD Incorporated
    Inventors: John L. Hill, III, Eugene L. Foster, William J. Hutzel