Patents by Inventor Troy LANCE

Troy LANCE 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).

  • Patent number: 10254078
    Abstract: A holster system that comprises a holster and an accessory configured to be fixed to a mounting rail of a handgun. The holster has a holster body with a pair of opposing wall portions defining a cavity. Each wall portion has an inwardly projecting rib dividing the cavity into an upper first cavity portion and a lower second cavity portion. The first cavity portion is dimensioned to receive various handgun makes and models in a spaced relationship from three sides thereof. The second cavity portion is configured to receive the accessory so that a conforming engagement is formed between the accessory and the holster body. A stop surface of the holster body engages a forward facing surface of the accessory upon insertion of the handgun with accessory into the holster body thereby providing a seating position of the handgun and accessory in the holster body. A retention mechanism of the system has a blocking portion movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Troy Lance, Liam Yarbrough, Robert Kincaid, Paul Smith, Christopher Michael
  • Publication number: 20180038667
    Abstract: A holster system that comprises a holster and an accessory configured to be fixed to a mounting rail of a handgun. The holster has a holster body with a pair of opposing wall portions defining a cavity. Each wall portion has an inwardly projecting rib dividing the cavity into an upper first cavity portion and a lower second cavity portion. The first cavity portion is dimensioned to receive various handgun makes and models in a spaced relationship from three sides thereof. The second cavity portion is configured to receive the accessory so that a conforming engagement is formed between the accessory and the holster body. A stop surface of the holster body engages a forward facing surface of the accessory upon insertion of the handgun with accessory into the holster body thereby providing a seating position of the handgun and accessory in the holster body. A retention mechanism of the system has a blocking portion movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Troy Lance, Liam Yarbrough, Robert Kincaid, Paul Smith, Christopher Michael
  • Patent number: 9777986
    Abstract: A holster system that comprises a holster and an accessory configured to be fixed to a mounting rail of a handgun. The holster has a holster body with a pair of opposing wall portions defining a cavity. Each wall portion has an inwardly projecting rib dividing the cavity into an upper first cavity portion and a lower second cavity portion. The first cavity portion is dimensioned to receive various handgun makes and models in a spaced relationship from three sides thereof. The second cavity portion is configured to receive the accessory so that a conforming engagement is formed between the accessory and the holster body. A stop surface of the holster body engages a forward facing surface of the accessory upon insertion of the handgun with accessory into the holster body thereby providing a seating position of the handgun and accessory in the holster body. A retention mechanism of the system has a blocking portion movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Troy Lance, Liam Yarbrough, Robert Kincaid, Paul Smith, Christopher Michael
  • Publication number: 20170276453
    Abstract: A holster system that comprises a holster and an accessory configured to be fixed to a mounting rail of a handgun. The holster has a holster body with a pair of opposing wall portions defining a cavity. Each wall portion has an inwardly projecting rib dividing the cavity into an upper first cavity portion and a lower second cavity portion. The first cavity portion is dimensioned to receive various handgun makes and models in a spaced relationship from three sides thereof. The second cavity portion is configured to receive the accessory so that a conforming engagement is formed between the accessory and the holster body. A stop surface of the holster body engages a forward facing surface of the accessory upon insertion of the handgun with accessory into the holster body thereby providing a seating position of the handgun and accessory in the holster body. A retention mechanism of the system has a blocking portion movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Troy LANCE, Liam YARBROUGH, Robert KINCAID, Paul SMITH, Christopher MICHAEL
  • Patent number: 7687151
    Abstract: An overlay for repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The overlay is a tube constructed of a weld repair material, the tube having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface is dimensioned to define an aperture sized to receive a plurality of radially spaced splines of the component, the splines of the component arranged to matingly engage a complementary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Troy Lance Finton, Thomas Joseph Kelly, Kenneth Eric Lutz
  • Patent number: 7591057
    Abstract: A method of repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The method includes a low energy input weld to deposit a repair material on the non-worn, non-pressure face of the splines while minimizing the HAZ grain size. The splined area of the component is then remachined to the original spline contour by removing original material from the worn, pressure face of the splines and excess repair material to produce a mated component with radially re-clocked splines that have original component material on the pressure face of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Troy Lance Finton, Thomas Joseph Kelly, Kenneth Eric Lutz
  • Publication number: 20090065556
    Abstract: A welding method is disclosed in which a structural weld overlay is re-oriented from a circumferential orientation to an axial orientation during deposition. The axial welding orientation provides a more favorable condition to prevent weld cracking and shrinkage distortion. The axial welding orientation also allows two or more weld machines to be used simultaneously so that two or more welding arcs can simultaneously deposit filler material or the overlay, thereby reducing the time required to complete the structural weld overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nucleare Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Troy Lance Finton, Michael Peter Fisher, Merlln Wayne Goddard