Patents by Inventor Troy Kimmes

Troy Kimmes 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).

  • CLAD SIZER FOR AN EXTRUSION MACHINE
    Publication number: 20230364845
    Abstract: A sizer for cooling an extrudate, which includes a clad core and a housing. The clad core includes an extrusion channel which accommodates the extrudate, and a core vacuum port in fluid communication with the extrusion channel. The housing includes a cooling channel and a housing vacuum channel. The cooling channel does not exist in the clad core and is adapted to circulate a coolant through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vick Dhanapal, Gary Oney, Roger May, Troy Kimmes
  • SIZER FOR AN EXTRUSION MACHINE WITH IMPROVED COOLING AND VACUUM CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20220266497
    Abstract: A sizer for cooling an extrudate, which includes a core and a housing. The core includes an extrusion channel which accommodates the extrudate, a core cooling channel, and a core vacuum channel in fluid communication with the extrusion channel. The housing includes a housing cooling channel and a housing vacuum channel. The core cooling channel is in fluid communication with the housing cooling channel, and the core vacuum channel is in fluid communication with the housing vacuum channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Vick Dhanapal, Gary Oney, Roger May, Troy Kimmes
  • Sizer for an extrusion machine with improved cooling and vacuum channels
    Patent number: 11331841
    Abstract: A sizer for cooling an extrudate includes a core and a housing. The core includes an extrusion channel which accommodates the extrudate, a core cooling channel, and a core vacuum channel in fluid communication with said extrusion channel. The housing includes a housing cooling channel, a housing vacuum channel, a cooling intake, and a cooling exhaust. The housing cooling and vacuum channels having curved segments. The cooling intake and exhaust being in fluid communication with said housing cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Engineered Profiles LLC
    Inventors: Vickram Dhanapal, Gary Oney, Roger May, Troy Kimmes
  • LOWER MASS FRAME COMPONENT WITH CLIMATE RESISTANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20200199933
    Abstract: A component adapted to form a portion of a frame (e.g., a sill), door, trim piece, or the like. The component having a body comprised of at least one interior hollow portion that forms an opening at a first end of body, wherein the at least one interior hollow portion has a closed end such that water is prevented from traveling from a second end through the at least one interior hollow portion to the first end. A related method of manufacturing the component such as by injection molding, 3D printing, or multi-step extrusion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Vickram DHANAPAL, Troy KIMMES, Robert Anthony OPST, Matthew Thomas FENNEMAN
  • SIZER FOR AN EXTRUSION MACHINE WITH IMPROVED COOLING AND VACUUM CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20200079002
    Abstract: A sizer for cooling an extrudate includes a core and a housing. The core includes an extrusion channel which accommodates the extrudate, a core cooling channel, and a core vacuum channel in fluid communication with said extrusion channel. The housing includes a housing cooling channel, a housing vacuum channel, a cooling intake, and a cooling exhaust. The housing cooling and vacuum channels having curved segments. The cooling intake and exhaust being in fluid communication with said housing cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Vickram Dhanapal, Gary Oney, Roger May, Troy Kimmes