Patents by Inventor Brett Johnson

Brett Johnson 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: 20200354127
    Abstract: Embodiments of caseless container trays are disclosed. In an embodiment, a caseless container tray comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to contact and receive base portions of a first plurality of containers. The top surface comprises a plurality of top projections configured to divide the first plurality of containers into a plurality of rows. The bottom surface is configured to contact and receive spouts of a second plurality of containers. Furthermore, the bottom surface comprises a plurality of bottom projections extending from the bottom surface, wherein a bottom surface of each bottom projection is configured to contact a shoulder portion of a container of the second plurality of containers and wherein each projection surrounds a center portion configured to contact and receive a spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel J. Slavin, John Kreider, Brett A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200307070
    Abstract: A consumable assembly for supplying filament to a 3D printer having two or more receptacles having different geometric configurations, the 3D printer builds parts by material extrusion. The consumable assembly includes a container configured to retain a supply of a first filament, and a first filament guide tube having a length, the first filament guide tube having an inlet end attached to the first container and an outlet end, The consumable assembly includes a key having a geometric configuration allowing the key to be plugged into only one receptacle of the two or more receptacles of the 3D printer, the key comprising a conduit having an entrance and an exit, a coupling portion, and an engagement portion, wherein the entrance to the conduit is coupled to the outlet end of the first filament guide tube to thereby form a closed filament path from the first container to the 3D printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: 10730676
    Abstract: Embodiments of caseless container trays are disclosed. In an embodiment, a caseless container tray includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to contact and receive base portions of a first plurality of containers. The top surface includes a plurality of top projections configured to divide the first plurality of containers into a plurality of rows. The bottom surface is configured to contact and receive spouts of a second plurality of containers. Furthermore, the bottom surface includes a plurality of bottom projections extending from the bottom surface, wherein a bottom surface of each bottom projection is configured to contact a shoulder portion of a container of the second plurality of containers and wherein each projection surrounds a center portion configured to contact and receive a spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Dean Foods Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Slavin, John Kreider, Brett A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10314222
    Abstract: A field computer for use in an agricultural vehicle is provided. The field computer includes a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a touchscreen display operatively connected to the housing and the processor and forming an outer surface of the field computer, and a light bar comprising a plurality of lighting elements arranged in a line on the field computer. The lighting elements of the light bar are positioned such that the lighting elements remain hidden when not in use. The field computer is configured to provide feedback associated with operation of the agricultural vehicle by lighting one or more of the lighting elements in the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ag Leader Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Demiter, Travis Campbell, Brett Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170322656
    Abstract: A field computer for use in an agricultural vehicle is provided. The field computer includes a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a touchscreen display operatively connected to the housing and the processor and forming an outer surface of the field computer, and a light bar comprising a plurality of lighting elements arranged in a line on the field computer. The lighting elements of the light bar are positioned such that the lighting elements remain hidden when not in use. The field computer is configured to provide feedback associated with operation of the agricultural vehicle by lighting one or more of the lighting elements in the light bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Roger Demiter, Travis Campbell, Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: 9632892
    Abstract: Implementations are provided herein for establishing a failover cluster in a distributed file system that upon the occurrence of failover event, allows clients to actively migrate during ongoing file system activity from a source cluster to a target cluster without having to unmount an NFS export from the source cluster and remount the NFS export on the target cluster. Upon the occurrence of a failover event, clients can be rerouted to a target cluster that contains mirrored copies of the data the client was expecting to be stored on the original source cluster. However, in attempting to access the data, without unmounting and remounting an export, the client will continue to reference source cluster FSID and LIN identifiers when making NFS calls to the target cluster. Thus, implementations are provided herein for translating the requests of an NFS client on a target cluster after a failover event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Sledz, Brett Johnson, John Michael Hayden
  • Patent number: 9567258
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to picture frames with glass mats that have patterns painted and/or screen printed thereon, and/or methods of making the same. The patterns may include large blocks of one or more solid colors, textures, images, logos, licensed images/designs, arbitrary designs, and/or the like, in different example instances. The painted glass matting materials of certain example embodiments have been found to provide unique, aesthetically appealing framing-related products that enhance the quality of the original art in desirable ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: C. Brett Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150013217
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to cross-functional architectural greenhouse glass, greenhouses including cross-functional architectural greenhouse glass, and/or associated methods. Certain example embodiments involve combining sensor, functional coating, glass patterning, and/or glass composition selection technologies to produce flat or bent substrates suitable for use in such example applications. It advantageously becomes possible in certain example instances to give growers more control over their individual greenhouses (including portions thereof), while also switching from a more qualitative, to a more quantitative, growing operational approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: C. Brett JOHNSON, Lance BONIN, Bryon ADAMCZYK
  • Publication number: 20140325883
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to picture frames with glass mats that have patterns painted and/or screen printed thereon, and/or methods of making the same. The patterns may include large blocks of one or more solid colors, textures, images, logos, licensed images/designs, arbitrary designs, and/or the like, in different example instances. The painted glass matting materials of certain example embodiments have been found to provide unique, aesthetically appealing framing-related products that enhance the quality of the original art in desirable ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: C. Brett JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 8714162
    Abstract: A portable pipe bowl cleaner may include a poker for cleaning pipe bowls. The poker may generally extend linearly and have a top portion that is used to perform the cleaning. The portable pipe bowl cleaner may also include a base and a suction cup. One side of the base may be coupled with a bottom portion of the poker. Another side of the base may be coupled with the suction cup. The suction may have an internal cup surface that is capable of being removably affixed to a smooth, non-porous surface. A method of using a portable pipe bowl cleaner may include holding the base over a smooth, non-porous surface, with the suction cup facing toward the surface. By momentarily pressing the base toward the surface, the suction cup is pressed against and removably affixed to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: 8409010
    Abstract: According to some aspects of the present disclosure, a computing system for coordinating massively multiplayer games is provided. The computing system may include a data aggregation service to collect, aggregate and distribute game play data that is used by game code executed on each player's computing device to influence game flow of a shared game play experience for many thousands of remotely located players in real-time. Accordingly, game data from any player may impact and influence the game play experience of all other players. Further, each player's computing device may be event driven such that game data may be received from the game data aggregation service at a synchronized time to synchronize the shared game play experience for all players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joanne Clowes, Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: 8376834
    Abstract: Dynamic role selection of players for different roles in multiplayer gaming sessions is provided. Users seeking to participate in different roles in the game may request participation in the role. Selection of players for roles is made dynamically by varying a selection component for different sessions of the game. The selection component may be a user's game score over different time periods, and can be rotated for different sessions of the game, so that various levels of players have an opportunity to fill game roles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Holly Hirzel, Brett Johnson, Felix Livni, Hardik Shah, Mike Scavezze, Jay Thaler, Matthew Van Gorder
  • Patent number: 8210925
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a difficulty level of a multiplayer networked game are provided herein. One exemplary method includes setting an initial difficulty level at a gaming server for a game played by a main gaming client and one or more challenger gaming clients. The method further includes sending an input request to the main gaming client and each challenger gaming client based on the initial difficulty level. The method further includes receiving main user input from the main gaming client, and challenger user input from each challenger gaming client responsive to the input request. The method also includes adjusting the initial difficulty level to an adjusted difficulty level based on the challenger user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Brett Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110275431
    Abstract: Dynamic role selection of players for different roles in multiplayer gaming sessions is provided. Users seeking to participate in different roles in the game may request participation in the role. Selection of players for roles is made dynamically by varying a selection component for different sessions of the game. The selection component may be a user's game score over different time periods, and can be rotated for different sessions of the game, so that various levels of players have an opportunity to fill game roles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Holly Hirzel, Brett Johnson, Felix Livni, Hardik Shah, Mike Scavezze, Jay Thaler, Matthew Van Gorder
  • Publication number: 20110165924
    Abstract: A method for awarding prizes to a plurality of users each participating in a multiuser game via a user console. For each round of the multiuser game, a trivia question and at least two answer choices are electronically delivered to each user participating in the multiuser game. A selection of one of the plurality of answer choices is received from the game console service that delivered the question to the user. Upon receiving the selected answer choice from the game console service, both an electronic participation-based prize and a skill-based prize are electronically awarded to the user associated with the console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matt Van Gorder, Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: 7967829
    Abstract: Medical device delivery systems, as well as related methods and components, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Gunderson, Andrzej M. Malewicz, John R. Moberg, Gary Pederson, Jr., Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: D763052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: PMD International Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: D845355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: AG LEADER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Demiter, Travis Campbell, Brett Johnson
  • Patent number: D854423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Dean Foods Company, Dordan Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brett A. Johnson, John Kreider, Daniel J. Slavin
  • Patent number: D882642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ag Leader Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Demiter, Travis Campbell, Brett Johnson