Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Dillard, JR.

Thomas C. Dillard, JR. 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).

  • Industrial shredder
    Patent number: 9937504
    Abstract: An industrial shredder is described that includes one or more electric motors controlled by a variable frequency drive. One or more fixed displacement hydraulic pumps are powered by the one or more electric motors and hydraulically coupled to one or more hydraulic motors in a closed loop configuration. Hydraulic pressure in the closed loop is substantially similar on a first side of the one or more hydraulic motors and on a second side of one or more hydraulic motors. One or more cutting shafts are coupled to the one or more hydraulic motors such that the hydraulic motors cause the cutting shafts to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Granutech-Saturn Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Dillard, Jr., Matthew Morrison
  • Industrial Shredder
    Publication number: 20150273479
    Abstract: An industrial shredder is described that includes one or more electric motors controlled by a variable frequency drive. One or more fixed displacement hydraulic pumps are powered by the one or more electric motors and hydraulically coupled to one or more hydraulic motors in a closed loop configuration. Hydraulic pressure in the closed loop is substantially similar on a first side of the one or more hydraulic motors and on a second side of one or more hydraulic motors. One or more cutting shafts are coupled to the one or more hydraulic motors such that the hydraulic motors cause the cutting shafts to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Granutech-Saturn Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Dillard, JR., Matthew Morrison