Patents by Inventor Michael Macfarland Dulken

Michael Macfarland Dulken 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).

  • Individually Phased Pawl Drive Mechanism
    Publication number: 20220128105
    Abstract: An individually phased pawl drive mechanism includes a plurality of pawls each including a plurality of protrusions forming at least one slot between a corresponding pairing of the plurality of protrusions; a pawl carrier member sized and configured for receipt of the plurality of pawls; a drive ring carrier member including a plurality of circumferentially displaced teeth; wherein rotation in one direction causes a first one of the plurality of circumferentially displaced teeth to engage a first one of the plurality of pawls, the primary pawl; and wherein continued rotation is permitted if the drive force is sufficient to cause deflection of the pawl carrier member relative to the drive ring carrier member, thereby causing one or more subsequent ones of the plurality of secondary pawls each to be brought into engagement in succession with a corresponding one of the plurality of circumferentially displaced teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Industry Nine Componenty Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Macfarland Dulken, Clint John Spiegel
  • Individually phased pawl drive mechanism
    Patent number: 11293500
    Abstract: An individually phased pawl drive mechanism includes a plurality of pawls each including a plurality of protrusions forming at least one slot between a corresponding pairing of the plurality of protrusions; a pawl carrier member sized and configured for receipt of the plurality of pawls; a drive ring carrier member including a plurality of radially displaced teeth; wherein rotation in one direction causes a first one of the plurality of radially displaced teeth to engage a first one of the plurality of pawls, the primary pawl; and wherein continued rotation is permitted if the drive force is sufficient to cause deflection of the pawl carrier member relative to the drive ring carrier member, thereby causing one or more subsequent ones of the plurality of secondary pawls each to be brought into engagement in succession with a corresponding one of the plurality of radially displaced teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Industry Nine LLC
    Inventors: Michael Macfarland Dulken, Clint John Spiegel
  • Individually Phased Pawl Drive Mechanism
    Publication number: 20190219109
    Abstract: An individually phased pawl drive mechanism includes a plurality of pawls each including a plurality of protrusions forming at least one slot between a corresponding pairing of the plurality of protrusions; a pawl carrier member sized and configured for receipt of the plurality of pawls; a drive ring carrier member including a plurality of radially displaced teeth; wherein rotation in one direction causes a first one of the plurality of radially displaced teeth to engage a first one of the plurality of pawls, the primary pawl; and wherein continued rotation is permitted if the drive force is sufficient to cause deflection of the pawl carrier member relative to the drive ring carrier member, thereby causing one or more subsequent ones of the plurality of secondary pawls each to be brought into engagement in succession with a corresponding one of the plurality of radially displaced teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Industry Nine LLC
    Inventors: Michael Macfarland Dulken, Clint John Spiegel