Patents by Inventor Todd Evan Vande Brake

Todd Evan Vande Brake 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).

  • Universal actuation and control of steering mechanisms for mobile vehicles
    Patent number: 8365634
    Abstract: An actuation and control system for a steering mechanism of a mobile vehicle includes a motor including a drive shaft that is rotatable in two opposing directions, a securing structure configured to be secured to the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle, and a linking structure that couples the motor with the securing structure. The system is configured such that rotational motion of the drive shaft is imparted to the securing structure to facilitate control of the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle. The system is relatively easy to assemble and install and in a mobile vehicle and can be used with a variety of different vehicles to facilitate remote and/or unmanned navigational control of a mobile vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Farwell, Anthony Jon Feltman, Kyle Adam Frerichs, Todd Evan Vande Brake
  • Universal Actuation and Control of Steering Mechanisms for Mobile Vehicles
    Publication number: 20110061963
    Abstract: An actuation and control system for a steering mechanism of a mobile vehicle includes a motor including a drive shaft that is rotatable in two opposing directions, a securing structure configured to be secured to the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle, and a linking structure that couples the motor with the securing structure. The system is configured such that rotational motion of the drive shaft is imparted to the securing structure to facilitate control of the steering mechanism of the mobile vehicle. The system is relatively easy to assemble and install and in a mobile vehicle and can be used with a variety of different vehicles to facilitate remote and/or unmanned navigational control of a mobile vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. Farwell, Anthony Jon Feltman, Kyle Adam Frerichs, Todd Evan Vande Brake
  • Suppression apparatus for explosive devices
    Patent number: 7490537
    Abstract: A suppression apparatus for a suspected explosive device comprising a container which surrounds a cavity, wherein the container is shaped such that when filled with liquid, the liquid has an outer boundary of cylindrical shape and an inner boundary of frusto-conical shape wherein the slope of the inner boundary relative to the outer boundary is of such magnitude to create a variation in the thickness of the liquid between the inner and outer boundaries which renders the shot line through the liquid of an explosion from an explosive device to be about uniform when the explosive device is located in the cavity on a surface on which the container sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Evan Vande Brake