Patents by Inventor Shawn C. Stegmaier

Shawn C. Stegmaier 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).

  • Self-penetrating soil exploration device and associated methods
    Patent number: 6959772
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for maneuvering through a medium such as soil are disclosed. One such apparatus has a generally longitudinal body that can impel itself through the medium. This apparatus also has at least two independently-controllable packers arranged radially on its body to compress and grip the medium in order to provide forward, backward, and directional impulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn C. Stegmaier, Dean Vidal, Gordon M. Matheson, Gene Van Dyck
  • Self-penetrating soil exploration device and associated methods
    Publication number: 20040226747
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for maneuvering through a medium such as soil are disclosed. One such apparatus has a generally longitudinal body that can impel itself through the medium. This apparatus also has at least two independently-controllable packers arranged radially on its body to compress and grip the medium in order to provide forward, backward, and directional impulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shawn C. Stegmaier, Dean Vidal, Gordon M. Matheson, Gene Van Dyck