Patents by Inventor Nathan Osmun

Nathan Osmun 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).

  • Patent number: 11913370
    Abstract: A valve assembly failsafe configured to be coupled to an actuator of a coolant control regulator assembly is provided. The valve assembly failsafe includes a wind arm, a spring that engages the wind arm under spring tension, a latch that engages the wind arm, a drive gear that engages the wind arm and the actuator, and a driver that engages the latch. The valve assembly failsafe is configured to be positioned in a set state where the latch engages and retains the wind arm under spring tension and the drive gear freely rotates during rotation of the actuator, and a tripped state where the driver rotates the latch to disengage the latch from the wind arm, causing the wind arm to rotate under the spring tension to engage the drive gear and cause the drive gear to drive the actuator to a default position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Osmun, Joseph Davis
  • Patent number: 11698140
    Abstract: A coolant control regulator assembly that comprises a plurality of modular housings, an actuator, and a plurality of ball valves. The actuator is operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of modular housings. Each of the modular housings comprises an internal cavity, at least one inlet port, and at least one outlet port. Further, each of the internal cavities includes one of the plurality of ball valves positioned therein. At least one of the plurality of ball valves comprises a plurality of apertures that are configured to align with the at least one inlet port and the at least one outlet port in certain rotational positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Osmun, Joseph Davis
  • Patent number: 11629631
    Abstract: A deaeration valve includes a housing and a ball in fluid communication with housing. The ball can include a body, a seat defining a bleed passage therein, and a deaeration pin slidably disposed within the bleed passage. Further, the deaeration pin may include a head, a retention feature, and a shaft positioned between the head and the retention feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Davis, Nathan Osmun, Christopher Carns
  • Publication number: 20220251997
    Abstract: A valve assembly failsafe configured to be coupled to an actuator of a coolant control regulator assembly is provided. The valve assembly failsafe includes a wind arm, a spring that engages the wind arm under spring tension, a latch that engages the wind arm, a drive gear that engages the wind arm and the actuator, and a driver that engages the latch. The valve assembly failsafe is configured to be positioned in a set state where the latch engages and retains the wind arm under spring tension and the drive gear freely rotates during rotation of the actuator, and a tripped state where the driver rotates the latch to disengage the latch from the wind arm, causing the wind arm to rotate under the spring tension to engage the drive gear and cause the drive gear to drive the actuator to a default position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan OSMUN, Joseph DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20210381422
    Abstract: A coolant control regulator assembly that comprises a plurality of modular housings, an actuator, and a plurality of ball valves. The actuator is operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of modular housings. Each of the modular housings comprises an internal cavity, at least one inlet port, and at least one outlet port. Further, each of the internal cavities includes one of the plurality of ball valves positioned therein. At least one of the plurality of ball valves comprises a plurality of apertures that are configured to align with the at least one inlet port and the at least one outlet port in certain rotational positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Osmun, Joseph Davis
  • Publication number: 20210239033
    Abstract: A deaeration valve includes a housing and a ball in fluid communication with housing. The ball can include a body, a seat defining a bleed passage therein, and a deaeration pin slidably disposed within the bleed passage. Further, the deaeration pin may include a head, a retention feature, and a shaft positioned between the head and the retention feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Davis, Nathan Osmun, Christopher Carns