Patents by Inventor Joseph Beals
Joseph Beals 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).
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Publication number: 20240127698Abstract: Provided is a method of transportation information exchange that includes receiving first data from a first aviation data source, such that the first data is provided in a first data format type and determining, based on a set of routing rules, a first aviation consumer of at least a first portion of the first data. The method further includes processing the first portion of the first data into a second data format type associated with the first aviation consumer and providing the first portion of the first data in the second data format type to the first aviation consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: John Stephen Eberhardt, III, Matthew Joseph Scott Drew, Eric Shofstall Kucks, Boris Stanimirov Boiko, Andrew Scott Beals, Mitchell Robert Horning
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Patent number: 10766361Abstract: A multistage wheel drive includes primary and secondary planetary stages, in which the ring gear of the primary (i.e., input-side) planetary stage is formed from a single machined part which also includes the planet gear carrier of the secondary (i.e., output-side) planetary stage. This dual-function “combination” component includes a splined exterior surface which interfaces with a correspondingly splined interior surface on the spindle in order to rotationally fix the combination component to the spindle. This arrangement ensures concentricity between the primary and secondary planetary stages, while allowing a desired amount of radial tolerance between the spindle, the combination component, and the hub of the wheel drive. In addition, the present arrangement can be produced efficiently and inexpensively.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Auburn Gear, Inc.Inventors: James L. Forrest, Steve M. Juhasz, Dan M. Metzger, Joseph A. Beals
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Publication number: 20190176616Abstract: A multistage wheel drive includes primary and secondary planetary stages, in which the ring gear of the primary (i.e., input-side) planetary stage is formed from a single machined part which also includes the planet gear carrier of the secondary (i.e., output-side) planetary stage. This dual-function “combination” component includes a splined exterior surface which interfaces with a correspondingly splined interior surface on the spindle in order to rotationally fix the combination component to the spindle. This arrangement ensures concentricity between the primary and secondary planetary stages, while allowing a desired amount of radial tolerance between the spindle, the combination component, and the hub of the wheel drive. In addition, the present arrangement can be produced efficiently and inexpensively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Auburn Gear, LLCInventors: James L. Forrest, Steve M. Juhasz, Dan M. Metzger, Joseph A. Beals
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Patent number: 9950562Abstract: Structural arrangements of wheel drive components facilitate the use of robust main roller bearings that are widely spaced apart from one another. This wide spacing minimizes the torque borne by the bearings for a given external load, because at least one bearing is placed closer to the expected load application point (e.g., the center of gravity of the wheel attached to the wheel hub of the drive unit). The present wheel drive bearings can support a heavy external load without expanding the overall size and configuration of a given wheel drive application.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Auburn Gear, Inc.Inventors: James L. Forrest, John T. Fortman, Dan M. Metzger, Don T. Walters, Joseph A. Beals, Craig A. Wisner
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Publication number: 20170050076Abstract: A squat assistance device. The squat assistance device includes a base having a first side and a second side, a padded back support disposed on the first side of the base, a frame connected to the second side of the base, a plurality of wheels rotatably attached to opposing vertical rails of the frame, a neck support connected to an upper portion of the padded back support, the neck support configured to support configured a user's neck, and one or more weight supports disposed on the second side of the base extending perpendicularly therefrom, wherein the one or more weight supports are each configured to support a weight thereon. Users lean against the padded back rest while the plurality of wheels roll along a vertical surface such as a wall, assisting the user with the performance of the squat and reducing the risk of injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventor: Joseph Beals
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Publication number: 20150273940Abstract: Structural arrangements of wheel drive components facilitate the use of robust main roller bearings that are widely spaced apart from one another. This wide spacing minimizes the torque borne by the bearings for a given external load, because at least one bearing is placed closer to the expected load application point (e.g., the center of gravity of the wheel attached to the wheel hub of the drive unit). The present wheel drive bearings can support a heavy external load without expanding the overall size and configuration of a given wheel drive application.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: James L. Forrest, John T. Fortman, Dan M. Metzger, Don T. Walters, Joseph A. Beals, Craig A. Wisner
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Patent number: 9091809Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of planar waveguides and method of making the same. The apparatus includes first, second, and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The second layer is formed between the first and third layers of a material and comprises a plurality of organofunctional siloxane-based resin or polymer waveguides. Each waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths. The plurality of waveguides is formed such that intersections of the waveguides occur at approximately right angles and the outputs and inputs located on edges that are opposite one another are offset from each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the corresponding input or output signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignees: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITEDInventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
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Publication number: 20150080166Abstract: A selectively locked differential has a locked configuration in which both side gears are independently locked to the differential casing so that torque is not transmitted through the pinion gears. The locking of the side gears is accomplished by generally cylindrical, ring-shaped structures with castellations on one axial end surface of each structure. These castellations selectively interfit with rotatably fixed castellations of secondary structures fixed to the differential casing, such that the ring-shaped structures define a mechanically interconnected, zero-slip arrangement with respect to the rotationally fixed secondary structures when the differential is in the locked configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: James L. Forrest, Dan M. Metzger, John T. Fortman, Joseph A. Beals, Aaron J. Binegar
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Publication number: 20140369643Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of planar waveguides and method of making the same. The apparatus includes first, second, and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The second layer is formed between the first and third layers of a material and comprises a plurality of organofunctional siloxane-based resin or polymer waveguides. Each waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths. The plurality of waveguides is formed such that intersections of the waveguides occur at approximately right angles and the outputs and inputs located on edges that are opposite one another are offset from each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the corresponding input or output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos BAMIEDAKIS, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
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Patent number: 8885994Abstract: The present invention provides a planar waveguide. In one embodiment, the planar waveguide includes first and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The first and third layers are formed of a first material having a first index of refraction. The planar waveguide also includes a second layer formed between the first and third layers of a second material having a second index of refraction that is larger than the first index of refraction. The planar waveguide further includes a plurality of organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguides formed in the second layer. Each organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolas Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor, Jon Degroot
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Patent number: 8858385Abstract: A selectively locked differential has a locked configuration in which both side gears are independently locked to the differential casing so that torque is not transmitted through the pinion gears. The locking of the side gears is accomplished by generally cylindrical, ring-shaped structures with castellations on one axial end surface of each structure. These castellations selectively interfit with rotatably fixed castellations of secondary structures fixed to the differential casing, such that the ring-shaped structures define a mechanically interconnected, zero-slip arrangement with respect to the rotationally fixed secondary structures when the differential is in the locked configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Auburn Gear, Inc.Inventors: James L. Forrest, Dan M. Metzger, John T. Fortman, Joseph A. Beals, Aaron J. Binegar
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Publication number: 20110176764Abstract: The present invention provides a planar waveguide. In one embodiment, the planar waveguide includes first and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The first and third layers are formed of a first material having a first index of refraction. The planar waveguide also includes a second layer formed between the first and third layers of a second material having a second index of refraction that is larger than the first index of refraction. The planar waveguide further includes a plurality of organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguides formed in the second layer. Each organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
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Publication number: 20090198610Abstract: A future behavior prediction system includes a scoring engine to generate a final prediction score for a credit account holder from a combination of two or more variable summaries. Each variable summary is a summary of variable data from one of a number of data sources. The number of data sources include at least a master billing data source and an authorization transaction data source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Mingyang Wu, Joseph Beals, Edmond Dean Chow