Patents by Inventor Mike Walker
Mike Walker 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: 20240149120Abstract: An iron-type golf club head that includes a rear wall having a variable thickness region. The variable thickness region includes a plurality of recesses formed in an interior surface of the rear wall. A thickness of the rear wall, defined by the recesses, is less than the thickness of the rear wall between the recesses. A body of the golf club head includes a face opening, a toe port, and an internal-weight cavity. The golf club head also includes a strike plate, attached to the body so that the strike plate covers the face opening, and an internal weight, seated in the internal-weight cavity. An internal cavity of the golf club head is configured to receive the filler material through the toe port. A ratio of a minimum rear wall thickness to a minimum face thickness is between 0.15 to 0.65.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Connor Halberg, Adam Warren, Allan Saliba, Scott Taylor, Brian Hill, Conner Sarich, Mike Walker
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Patent number: 11851266Abstract: A rack system movable by a forklift having blades that can be selectively raised and lowered. The rack system includes a rack and a hitch device for connecting the forklift to the rack. The rack includes a structure configured for supporting and transporting materials, at least one wheel located at a first end of the structure, and a hitch bracket located at a second end of the structure. The hitch device includes a body configured to be carried by the blades of the forklift, and an arm pivotably secured to the body, and an engagement member at the second end of the arm. Upward movement of the blades raises the engagement member into engagement with the hitch bracket so that further upward movement of the blades raises the second end of the rack and horizontal movement of the forklift rolls the rack on the at least one wheel.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TRULITE GLASS & ALUMINUM SOLUTIONS LLCInventors: John Schmitt, Robert Carlson, Mike Walker, Brock Walker, Bill Coppage
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Publication number: 20230266738Abstract: A method includes obtaining unprocessed data from a plurality of sensors mounted on one or more plant equipment, normalizing the unprocessed data to generate normalized data, converting the unprocessed data from a time domain to a frequency domain to generate a frequency domain signal, detecting a performance anomaly associated with the one or more plant equipment based on the normalized data and a change index routine, and determining a primary cause from among one or more causes of the performance anomaly based on the frequency domain signal and one or more rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Harishankar Rajendran, Chandra Sekhar Jalluri, B. Sai Kishore, Jasper Blackful, Loren Gardner, Nimalkumar Sundarakumar, Mike Walker, Paul Christopher Shaw, Dan Accetta, V. Raghavan, Richard James Furness
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Publication number: 20230201674Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a body, made of a first material having a first density. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a weight located within the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a filler material that has a density no less than 0.21 g/cc. The filler material has a mass no less than 2.5 grams and no more than 8 grams. The internal cavity has an internal cavity volume ranging between 5 cc to 20 cc. A ratio of the internal cavity volume to external club head volume ranges between 0.14 and 0.385. The internal cavity has a minimum front-to-back depth above a midplane of the golf club head of no less than 1.4 mm and a maximum front-to-back depth of the internal cavity above the midplane of the golf club head is no more than 13 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Paul Demkowski, Matt Bovee, Mike Walker, Boo Ohashi, Connor Halberg
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Publication number: 20230062871Abstract: A rack system movable by a forklift having blades that can be selectively raised and lowered. The rack system includes a rack and a hitch device for connecting the forklift to the rack. The rack includes a structure configured for supporting and transporting materials, at least one wheel located at a first end of the structure, and a hitch bracket located at a second end of the structure. The hitch device includes a body configured to be carried by the blades of the forklift, and an arm pivotably secured to the body, and an engagement member at the second end of the arm. Upward movement of the blades raises the engagement member into engagement with the hitch bracket so that further upward movement of the blades raises the second end of the rack and horizontal movement of the forklift rolls the rack on the at least one wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, LLCInventors: John Schmitt, Robert Carlson, Mike Walker, Brock Walker, Bill Coppage
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Patent number: 11559727Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a body, made of a first material having a first density. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a weight located within the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a filler material that has a density no less than 0.21 g/cc. The filler material has a mass no less than 2.5 grams and no more than 8 grams. The internal cavity has an internal cavity volume ranging between 5 cc to 20 cc. A ratio of the internal cavity volume to external club head volume ranges between 0.14 and 0.385. The internal cavity has a minimum front-to-back depth above a midplane of the golf club head of no less than 1.4 mm and a maximum front-to-back depth of the internal cavity above the midplane of the golf club head is no more than 13 mm.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Paul Demkowski, Matt Bovee, Mike Walker, Boo Ohashi, Connor Halberg
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Publication number: 20210046360Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a body, made of a first material having a first density. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a weight located within the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a filler material that has a density no less than 0.21 g/cc. The filler material has a mass no less than 2.5 grams and no more than 8 grams. The internal cavity has an internal cavity volume ranging between 5 cc to 20 cc. A ratio of the internal cavity volume to external club head volume ranges between 0.14 and 0.385. The internal cavity has a minimum front-to-back depth above a midplane of the golf club head of no less than 1.4 mm and a maximum front-to-back depth of the internal cavity above the midplane of the golf club head is no more than 13 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Paul Demkowski, Matt Bovee, Mike Walker, Boo Ohashi, Connor Halberg
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Patent number: 7438648Abstract: A high inertia golf putter head is generally wedge-shaped, with the leading face being less wide than the trailing face. Cavities and weights are provided to optimize the moment of inertia.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Bret H. Wahl, Mike Walker, Robert Nunez, Marni Ines
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Publication number: 20080146371Abstract: A high inertia golf putter head is generally wedge-shaped, with the leading face being less wide than the trailing face. Cavities and weights are provided to optimize the moment of inertia.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Bret H. Wahl, Mike Walker, Robert Nunez, Marni Ines
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Patent number: 6253509Abstract: A workspace partition system, for example, for an office building includes a relocatable cable raceway that can be positioned selectively at the belt line or at the baseline of a wall panel of the system depending on where power and data communications are required. Each wall panel of the system includes a structural frame. A raceway element can be selectively coupled to the frame in co-operation with any transverse member of the frame. Front and rear cover plates can be attached to mechanically protect cabling within the raceway. This design allows the panel to be reconfigured on site to change the location of the raceway.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems LimitedInventors: John Hellwig, Steven Verbeek, Mike Walker, John Francis Gill, Randy Joseph Verhasselt, Errol Stafford Pearsons
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Patent number: 5882248Abstract: The present invention is a planarizing machine for use in chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers that has a moveable platen, a polishing pad, a wafer carrier, and a wafer separator. The polishing pad is positioned on the platen, and it has a planarizing surface with an operational zone upon which the wafer may be planarized. The wafer carrier holds a wafer and is positionable opposite the polishing pad to engage the wafer with the operational zone of the polishing pad. The wafer separator engages either the polishing pad, the wafer, or the wafer carrier to urge a portion of the wafer away from the pad.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: David Q. Wright, Mike Walker, Karl M. Robinson
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Patent number: 5658190Abstract: The present invention is a planarizing machine for use in chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers that has a moveable platen, a polishing pad, a wafer carrier, and a wafer separator. The polishing pad is positioned on the platen, and it has a planarizing surface with an operational zone upon which the wafer may be planarized. The wafer carrier holds a wafer and is positionable opposite the polishing pad to engage the wafer with the operational zone of the polishing pad. The wafer separator engages either the polishing pad, the wafer, or the wafer carrier to urge a portion of the wafer away from the pad.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: David Q. Wright, Mike Walker, Karl M. Robinson
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Patent number: 5203243Abstract: A truing lathe has its components mounted on a base. A pair of stands for holding the workpiece are mounted on the base. The stands have a pair of notches where the workpiece rests and is rotatable therein. An electric motor with a pulley head is mounted on one of the stands and below the notches so that the motor drive shaft aligns with the axis of rotation of the workpiece. One loop of a stretchable endless belt is slipped over the midsection of the workpiece while the other loop is stretched to fit around the drive pulley. The cutting bit is mounted on separate longitudinally and transversely moveable blocks so that the bit can be adjusted radially and longitudinally relative to the axis of rotation of the workpiece to machine the workpiece. The mounting stand and the way the workpiece is rotated results in minimal precession of the workpiece on the lathe to allow for a closer and truer machining of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1990Date of Patent: April 20, 1993Inventor: Mike Walker