Patents by Inventor Wayne M. Lucas

Wayne M. Lucas 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).

  • Publication number: 20240083325
    Abstract: A vehicle feature includes a wall having a wall surface formed from a first material and an opening extending through the wall surface. An insert is mounted to the wall surface. The insert is formed from a second material. The insert includes a wall member having a first side facing the wall surface and a second side facing away from the wall surface. The first side includes at least one connector element that engages with the wall surface through the opening. The insert is covered in a third material that is distinct from the first material and the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ashley Nichole Endlich, Charles J. Haubner, Wayne M. Lucas
  • Patent number: 4573829
    Abstract: To assist in locating an underground or otherwise hidden non-electrically-conducting plastic pipe carrying a fluid such as heating gas a tool is provided which comprises a reel of relatively stiff but flexible locator wire, a hermetically-sealing first bushing through which the locator wire passes and a coupler for engaging a pipe exposed to view but coupled to and communicating for fluid flow with the pipe to be located, such coupler being adapted to receive, in snug fashion, said first bushing and including a packing membrane through which said locator wire passes to further assure no loss of fluid from the pipe being located, said locator terminating at its extremity remote from the reel in a guide member having a shape which may be described as suggestive of an oblate spheroid; i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Inventors: Terrell M. Keene, Wiley C. Calhoun, Edgar J. Flemming, Eugene E. Haggard, David L. Taylor, Richard N. Hartley, Francisco J. Martinez, Harry E. Sullivan, Arvil B. Mason, Wayne M. Lucas