Patents by Inventor Kelly Maureen Dorgan

Kelly Maureen Dorgan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for investigating mechanical properties of soft materials
    Patent number: 8561475
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for investigating subsurface properties of sediment, soil, snow, food stuff and other soft materials incorporates a probe head, preferably in the form of a coil spring that functions as a screw thread, which moves into the soil, snow, sediment, food stuff or other soft material, isolates a column of the material and applies tension to that column while measuring the applied force with a force sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce David Johnson, Bernard Paul Boudreau, Mark Andrew Barry, Kelly Maureen Dorgan, Peter Alfred Jumars