Patents by Inventor Michael D. HODGE

Michael D. HODGE 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).

  • Quick-acting, water-tight composite door assembly
    Patent number: 6003461
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a main door body with an interior flange and an exterior flange, both extending parallel and generally away from the main door body. A door frame surrounds the door body when the latter is in a closed position, the door frame having an inner and outer flange, both of the latter extending generally toward the main door body when in its closed position. Two gaskets are provided between a flange of the door frame and a flange of the door, whereby movement of the main door body in a given direction generally perpendicular to the direction in which the flanges extend causes the gasket to be compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Blanchette, Garland E. Borowski, Edward C. Dunston, Edward T. Gaines, Michael D. Hodges, William R. Mack, John W. Whitehead