Patents by Inventor Nathan Hansen

Nathan Hansen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250043573
    Abstract: A cold formed beam formed from a single sheet of steel having an upper member and a lower member (e.g., square, rectangular, other shape) separated by a web. The web may include stamped apertures and/or embossments around at least a portion of the stamped apertures. The cold formed beam may include beam connections that operatively couple the ends of the steel sheet used to form the beam to a portion of the beam (e.g., the web). The beam connections may by interference connectors formed from deformation of two or more layers of beam (e.g., clinching, or the like). Among other benefits, forming the cold formed beam from a single sheet, stamping of the web, and/or the using deformation connections (e.g., clinching, or the like) of the ends of the sheet allows for the pre-coating (e.g., galvanized, painting, or the like) of the sheet before the forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NUCOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan P. Pranger, Brian Hansen Bogh
  • Patent number: 11391193
    Abstract: A doser mounting bracket for coupling a doser to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component having a sidewall and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening includes a lower surface, an engagement wall, a central structure, an upper surface, and an attachment structure. The lower surface is configured to be held in a position opposing the sidewall. The engagement wall extends from the lower surface. The central structure has an opening that extends therethrough and includes a centering structure that extends from the lower surface and is configured to be received within the exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening. The attachment structure extends from the upper surface and is configured to be coupled to the doser. The engagement wall is configured to separate the lower surface from the sidewall when the engagement wall interfaces with the sidewall such that a pocket is formed between the engagement wall, the centering structure, and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmanan Arunachalam, Christopher A. Thompson, Pradnya Pranav Ballal, Elliot Dilger, Nathan Hansen, Taren DeHart, Mahendra Mittapalli, Aaron Riedel
  • Publication number: 20220018274
    Abstract: A doser mounting bracket for coupling a doser to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component having a sidewall and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening includes a lower surface, an engagement wall, a central structure, an upper surface, and an attachment structure. The lower surface is configured to be held in a position opposing the sidewall. The engagement wall extends from the lower surface. The central structure has an opening that extends therethrough and includes a centering structure that extends from the lower surface and is configured to be received within the exhaust gas aftertreatment system component opening. The attachment structure extends from the upper surface and is configured to be coupled to the doser. The engagement wall is configured to separate the lower surface from the sidewall when the engagement wall interfaces with the sidewall such that a pocket is formed between the engagement wall, the centering structure, and the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmanan Arunachalam, Christopher A. Thompson, Pradnya Pranav Ballal, Elliot Dilger, Nathan Hansen, Taren DeHart, Mahendra Mittapalli, Aaron Riedel
  • Publication number: 20130331941
    Abstract: A system for single tunnel, double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction includes implant constructs and instruments. The implant constructs provide a combination of cortical fixation and bone tunnel aperture fixation. The implant constructs separate a graft into distinct bundles. The instruments are used to prepare shaped bone tunnels to receive the implant constructs and graft bundles. Methods for reconstructing the antero-medial and postero-lateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament may rely on single femoral and tibial tunnels and a single strand of graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: IMDS Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Myers, Douglas M. Lorang, M. Mary Sinnott, Chad W. Lewis, Bryan P. Howard, Nathan Hansen
  • Patent number: 8535377
    Abstract: A system for single tunnel, double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction includes implant constructs and instruments. The implant constructs provide a combination of cortical fixation and bone tunnel aperture fixation. The implant constructs separate a graft into distinct bundles. The instruments are used to prepare shaped bone tunnels to receive the implant constructs and graft bundles. Methods for reconstructing the antero-medial and postero-lateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament may rely on single femoral and tibial tunnels and a single strand of graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: IMDS Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Myers, Douglas M. Lorang, Daniel J. Triplett, Chad Lewis, Bryan Howard, Nathan Hansen
  • Publication number: 20120059469
    Abstract: A system for single tunnel, double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction includes implant constructs and instruments. The implant constructs provide a combination of cortical fixation and bone tunnel aperture fixation. The implant constructs separate a graft into distinct bundles. The instruments are used to prepare shaped bone tunnels to receive the implant constructs and graft bundles. Methods for reconstructing the antero-medial and postero-lateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament may rely on single femoral and tibial tunnels and a single strand of graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: MEDICINELODGE, INC. DBA IMDS CO-INNOVATION
    Inventors: Thomas H. Myers, Douglas M. Lorang, Daniel J. Triplett, Chad Lewis, Bryan Howard, Nathan Hansen