Patents by Inventor Steven A. Osborne

Steven A. Osborne 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).

  • Handheld mechanical gauge, and method for measuring tread depth of a vehicle tire
    Patent number: 11536629
    Abstract: A mechanical gauge includes a stock panel with a first measurement scale, and a slide movably arranged relative to the stock panel. The first measurement scale has a series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals within a region of interest. The slide includes a second measurement scale adapted to selectively overlie the first measurement scale within the region of interest. The second measurement scale has a second series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals corresponding to the first series of marks of the first measurement scale. An elongated measurement probe is affixed to the slide and adapted for selectively extending into a groove formed in the tread of the vehicle tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ITIRE, LLC
    Inventors: Alan C. Lesesky, Samuel Duke Drinkard, Ryan D. Parks, Roy Stephens Osborne, Jr., Steven A. Osborne
  • HANDHELD MECHANICAL GAUGE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TREAD DEPTH OF A VEHICLE TIRE
    Publication number: 20220170822
    Abstract: A mechanical gauge includes a stock panel with a first measurement scale, and a slide movably arranged relative to the stock panel. The first measurement scale has a series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals within a region of interest. The slide includes a second measurement scale adapted to selectively overlie the first measurement scale within the region of interest. The second measurement scale has a second series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals corresponding to the first series of marks of the first measurement scale. An elongated measurement probe is affixed to the slide and adapted for selectively extending into a groove formed in the tread of the vehicle tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: ITIRE, LLC
    Inventors: Alan C. Lesesky, Samuel Duke Drinkard, Ryan D. Parks, Roy Stephens Osborne, JR., Steven A. Osborne
  • Handheld mechanical gauge, and method for measuring tread depth of a vehicle tire
    Patent number: 11255753
    Abstract: A mechanical gauge includes a stock panel with a first measurement scale, and a slide movably arranged relative to the stock panel. The first measurement scale has a series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals within a region of interest. The slide includes a second measurement scale adapted to selectively overlie the first measurement scale within the region of interest. The second measurement scale has a second series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals corresponding to the first series of marks of the first measurement scale. An elongated measurement probe is affixed to the slide and adapted for selectively extending into a groove formed in the tread of the vehicle tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ITIRE, LLC
    Inventors: Alan C. Lesesky, Samuel Duke Drinkard, Ryan D. Parks, Roy Stephens Osborne, Jr., Steven A. Osborne
  • HANDHELD MECHANICAL GAUGE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TREAD DEPTH OF A VEHICLE TIRE
    Publication number: 20210116330
    Abstract: A mechanical gauge includes a stock panel with a first measurement scale, and a slide movably arranged relative to the stock panel. The first measurement scale has a series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals within a region of interest. The slide includes a second measurement scale adapted to selectively overlie the first measurement scale within the region of interest. The second measurement scale has a second series of marks spaced apart at regular intervals corresponding to the first series of marks of the first measurement scale. An elongated measurement probe is affixed to the slide and adapted for selectively extending into a groove formed in the tread of the vehicle tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: ITIRE, LLC
    Inventors: Alan C. Lesesky, Samuel Duke Drinkard, Ryan D. Parks, Steve R. Osborne, Steven A. Osborne
  • Dual pressure recovery boiler
    Publication number: 20060081199
    Abstract: A dual pressure boiler system has a bottom furnace that operates as a low pressure natural steam generating system and a top furnace that operates as a high pressure natural steam generating system. The low pressure natural steam generating system has a low pressure steam drum, a first pump for providing feed water to the low pressure steam drum, and a low pressure superheater fluidly connected to the low pressure steam drum. The high pressure natural steam generating system has a high pressure steam drum, a second pump for providing feed water to the high pressure steam drum, and a high pressure superheater fluidly connected to the high pressure steam drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: James Graves, Melvin Albrecht, Steven Osborne