Patents by Inventor Kim A. Heckhausen

Kim A. Heckhausen 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).

  • Housing for a magnetometer, a combination including a magnetometer within a waterproof housing, and a system and method for location and removal of unexploded ordinance underwater
    Patent number: 8653814
    Abstract: A waterproof housing that encloses a hand-held magnetometer for underwater use and includes a first portion open at one end and connected to a second portion with one end open and accessible through the first portion and terminating at a closed end. The magnetometer has first and second housings and is inserted into the first portion open end so that the second housing is received into the second portion and the first housing is received into the first portion. A base seal is inserted into the first portion open end to provide a fully functional magnetometer protected from water incursion at depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: VRHALIBIS, LLC
    Inventors: Kim A. Heckhausen, Elliott J. Adler, Thomas C. Rancich
  • HOUSING FOR A MAGNETOMETER, A COMBINATION INCLUDING A MAGNETOMETER WITHIN A WATERPROOF HOUSING, AND A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE UNDERWATER
    Publication number: 20110163747
    Abstract: A waterproof housing that encloses a hand-held magnetometer for underwater use and includes a first portion open at one end and connected to a second portion with one end open and accessible through the first portion and terminating at a closed end. The magnetometer has first and second housings and is inserted into the first portion open end so that the second housing is received into the second portion and the first housing is received into the first portion. A base seal is inserted into the first portion open end to provide a fully functional magnetometer protected from water incursion at depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Kim A. Heckhausen, Elliott J. Adler, Thomas C. Rancich
  • Magnetometer housing
    Patent number: D624445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: VRHALIBIS, LLC
    Inventor: Kim A. Heckhausen