Patents by Inventor Charles C Patterson

Charles C Patterson 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: 11931534
    Abstract: A medical insertion device includes an introducer assembly, a needle, and a housing. The introducer assembly includes a dilator coaxially disposed in a sheath, the dilator removably engaged to the sheath in an insertion configuration. The needle is coaxially disposed in the dilator, the needle having a distal tip and a proximal end coupled to a needle hub. The housing may be removably engaged to the dilator. The needle hub is movably disposed in the housing between a first locked position, a second locked position, and a third locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Hall, Ryan C. Patterson, Charles L Farnworth
  • Patent number: 6923729
    Abstract: A golf training club comprising optical sensors, electronics and a display to provide visual feedback related to how a golfer strikes a golf ball. The club includes a shaft having a grip end and a tip distal from the grip end. The club has a club head affixed to the shaft proximate the tip that has a face for striking a golf ball. The optical sensors are embedded in the head and generate signals representative of the contact between the face and ball. The electronics, mounted within the shaft's grip end, process the sensor signals to determine the location of the contact between the face and ball. The display is operable to show such location. The electronics also process the sensor signals to determine whether the ball is tending to slice or hook by detecting lateral movement of the ball during contact with the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventors: Joseph R. McGinty, Charles C Patterson
  • Publication number: 20030032494
    Abstract: A golf training club apparatus is disclosed having impact sensors and a display to show where on the club face the ball was struck for providing immediate visual feedback by electronic means to the golfer. The golf club includes a shaft having a grip end and a tip distal from the grip end. The golf club also has a club head affixed to the shaft adjacent the tip of the shaft and having a face for striking a golf ball. The club has a plurality of optical sensors adjacent the face for detecting contact between the face and the golf ball and electronics mounted within the head for processing signals from the sensors for analyzing at least the location of the contact between the face and the golf ball. The club further includes a display for displaying to the golfer at least the location of the contact between the face and the golf ball. The electronics also analyze whether the ball is tending to slice or hook by detecting lateral movement of the ball during contact with the club face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph R. McGinty, Charles C. Patterson
  • Patent number: 4416482
    Abstract: A gate assembly is adapted to be used with a vehicle which has a cargo area defined by at least two sides extending substantially parallel to one another and comprises a gate member adapted to be moveably disposed within the cargo area of the vehicle and having a body with first and second sides. Guiding apparatus is adapted to be connected to the vehicle to restrict movement of the gate member between an open position to allow access into the cargo area and a closed position to limit access into the cargo area. Follower apparatus is adapted to be connected to the gate member to cooperate with the guiding apparatus by restricting movement of the first end of the gate member along a direction line substantially parallel to the sides of the vehicle and for restricting movement of the second end of the gate member along a direction line substantially transverse to the parallel sides of the vehicle when the gate member is being moved between the open and closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Willie Mae Patterson
    Inventor: Charles C. Patterson