Patents by Inventor Richard D. Mason

Richard D. Mason 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: 11230969
    Abstract: A coolant diverter system and method of controlling coolant flow are provided. The coolant diverter system includes a coolant diverter body having a coolant inlet opening, a driveline retarder outlet opening and a bypass outlet opening. The coolant diverter system also includes a valve positioned in the coolant diverter body. The valve is configured in a first valve orientation to fluidly couple the coolant inlet opening to the driveline retarder outlet opening in isolation from the bypass outlet opening. The valve is configured in a second valve orientation to fluidly couple the coolant inlet opening to the driveline retarder outlet opening and the bypass outlet opening. The coolant diverter system also includes a valve controller configured to place the valve in the first valve orientation in response to activation of a driveline retarder coupled to the driveline retarder outlet opening for braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Bellinger, Richard D. Mason
  • Publication number: 20170037777
    Abstract: A coolant diverter system and method of controlling coolant flow are provided. The coolant diverter system includes a coolant diverter body having a coolant inlet opening, a driveline retarder outlet opening and a bypass outlet opening. The coolant diverter system also includes a valve positioned in the coolant diverter body. The valve is configured in a first valve orientation to fluidly couple the coolant inlet opening to the driveline retarder outlet opening in isolation from the bypass outlet opening. The valve is configured in a second valve orientation to fluidly couple the coolant inlet opening to the driveline retarder outlet opening and the bypass outlet opening. The coolant diverter system also includes a valve controller configured to place the valve in the first valve orientation in response to activation of a driveline retarder coupled to the driveline retarder outlet opening for braking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. BELLINGER, Richard D. MASON
  • Patent number: 4822106
    Abstract: A golf ball dredge which comprises a shallow draft, buoyant support vessel in the form of a pontoon boat that provides a floating platform from which the dredging apparatus is supported. The pontoon boat has a small outboard motor mounted at its bow for providing a means for propulsion and steering of the boat. A relatively high pressure, gasoline powered, centrifugal water pump is mounted on the pontoon boat with its suction intake located below the water level. The pump provides a high pressure water outlet discharge that is supplied through eductor tubes into the inlet end of a bottom suction intake piping system. The bottom suction intake piping system also is supported on the pontoon boat with its inlet end submerged below the surface of the water to a suitable depth for lightly contacting the bottom of the waterhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventors: Steven M. Wilson, Richard D. Mason
  • Patent number: D704740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Bellinger, Jae Hee Lee, Richard D. Mason, Mathew A. Clark, Nathaniel P. Hassall
  • Patent number: D736261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Bellinger, Jae Hee Lee, Richard D. Mason, Mathew A. Clark, Nathaniel P. Hassall