Patents by Inventor Cory Lee Grabinger
Cory Lee Grabinger 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).
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Publication number: 20240164533Abstract: A bed system includes a support platform and a plurality of legs supporting the support platform. Each leg of the plurality of legs includes a force sensor that is configured to sense a force applied to the leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Robert Dean Johnston, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger, Ajdin Mulaosmanovic, Megha Rajam Rao
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Publication number: 20240090678Abstract: A method and bed system for controlling a mattress climate-control system based on a thermal event. The bed system includes a mattress, a mattress climate-control system, a mechanical thermal detector, and a controller. The mattress climate-control system controls a climate at the mattress. The mechanical thermal detector is positioned at the mattress. A condition of the mechanical thermal detector changes in response to a thermal event at the mattress. The controller is connected to the mattress climate-control system. The controller perform operations including detecting the condition of the mechanical thermal detector and operating the mattress climate-control system based on the condition of the mechanical thermal detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: John Saycocie, Reuben Wesley Meline, Bruce William Gaunt, Cory Lee Grabinger, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Nick Reynolds
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Patent number: 11896134Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Kody Lee Karschnik, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Publication number: 20240032860Abstract: A bed senses inter-sleep-session changes in bodyweight of a subject. A computer system can be configured to: receive weight readings; determine, using the weight readings, user presence in a bed; identify, using the user presence, sleep sessions for the user; and generate, using the weight readings and for a given sleep session, weight change data that records a change of weight by the user through the sleep session.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Megha Rajam Rao, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger, Robert Dean Johnston, Ajdin Mulaosmanovic
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Publication number: 20240016301Abstract: A bed has a mattress comprising one or more air-chambers. A pressure adjuster is configured to adjust pressure in the mattress. One or more pressure sensors are configured to sense a pressure of the mattress and transmit, to a controller, pressure readings. A controller comprising is configured to receive, from each of the pressure sensors, pressure readings; determine a pressure value for the mattress; determine if the pressure value for the mattress is above a maximum-target-pressure, wherein the maximum-target-pressure corresponds to a maximum-possible sleeper-value, the maximum-possible sleeper-value being a greatest value for a sleeper-value defining a firmness for the mattress, the bed having a maximum operational value describing a greatest pressure value at which the system functions normally; and responsive to determining that the pressure value for the mattress value is above the maximum-possible sleeper-value, send instructions to the pressure adjuster to adjust the pressure of the mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Cristina Marie Jocson, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20230218225Abstract: Described are systems for beds that can include sensors for sensing physical phenomena in an environment surrounding a bed, a display for outputting information about the environment, the bed, and a sleeper, and a controller communicably coupled to the sensors. The controller can receive the sensed physical phenomena from the sensors, analyze the physical phenomena to determine at least one of environmental, sleep, and health metrics of a sleeper in the bed, and determine, based on at least one of the environmental, sleep, and health metrics of the sleeper, control signals to modify the environment surrounding the bed. The controller can also output, at the display, the environmental, sleep, and health metrics of the sleeper. The controller can also transmit the control signals to a second controller in order to engage a home automation device. The physical phenomena can include ambient sound, ambient light, ambient CO2 concentration, and/or ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Faisal Mushtaq, Stacy Stusynski, Cory Lee Grabinger, Caleb Siffring, Gary N. Garcia Molina
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Patent number: 11684166Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Reuben Wesley Meline, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 11678749Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Cristina Marie Jocson, Kody Lee Karschnik
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Publication number: 20230181104Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for detecting snore and automatically adjusting a bed system to a position intended to mitigate the snore. The bed system can include a mattress, an adjustable foundation, and a controller having a processor. The processor can be configured to generate, in response to sensing snoring from a user of the bed system, instructions for tilting the adjustable foundation to a predetermined position such that an angle between a head portion of the adjustable foundation and the ground is greater than an angle between a foot portion of the adjustable foundation and the ground. The ground can be a horizontal plane. The predetermined position can be a position intended to mitigate snore.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Robert Dean Johnston, Julianne Clemens, Cory Lee Grabinger, Gary N. Garcia Molina
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Publication number: 20230148762Abstract: Bladder pressure readings of bladder pressure inside an air bladder of a mattress are received for a particular time. Barometric pressure readings of barometric pressure in an ambient environment outside the mattress are received for the particular time. The bladder pressure and the barometric pressure readings are used as input to an ambient temperature classifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Kody Lee Karschnik, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20230142604Abstract: A remote control for a bed system is described. The remote control includes a case, a display screen, a first input area, at least one capacitive button, and a communications module. The case has a base surface, a display surface, and an upper surface. The display screen is on the display surface. The first input area is on the display surface. At least one capacitive button is separate from the first input area. The communication module allows communication between the remote control and a separate controller of the bed system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Jessica Lynn Dixon, Stacy Stusynski, Natalie Negus, Jeffrey Scott Hartzler, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20230111398Abstract: Bed tools, systems, and methods are provided to control a microclimate (e.g., temperature, humidity, etc.) at a bed top to provide desired comfort and quality sleep experience. A bed system can include a bed microclimate control subsystem configured to obtain microclimate humidity and to set or adjust operating characteristics (e.g., temperature setpoint) based at least in part on the obtained humidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Kody Lee Karschnik, Reuben Wesley Meline, Gary N. Garcia Molina
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Publication number: 20230063576Abstract: Described herein is a bed system having a foundation with first and second foundation sides and a support surface that can support a mattress on the first foundation side and defining a foundation aperture extending between the first and second foundation sides, an air controller having an outlet to cause air to flow out of the air controller through the outlet, and a controller retainer fixed to the foundation proximate to the foundation aperture. The controller retainer can include a toolless connection interface exposed at the second foundation side and can detachably couple with the air controller at the second foundation side. The controller retainer can, based on the air controller being coupled to the controller retainer, align the outlet of the air controller with the foundation aperture to direct air from the air controller through the foundation aperture to the mattress positioned on the support surface of the foundation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Matthew Griffith
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Publication number: 20230046169Abstract: Temperature sensors are configured to sense a temperature for the sleeper and transmit temperature readings. A controller is configured to receive temperature readings; and send to a heating subsystem instructions to initiate a warming process that raises a distal temperature of the sleeper more than a proximal temperature of the sleeper. The heating subsystem that may include a heating element that, when engaged, can raise the distal temperature of the sleeper more than the proximal temperature of the sleeper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Gary N. Garcia Molina, Yuki Hino, Dillon Pedersen, Shawn Barr, Kody Lee Karschnik, Farzad Siyahiani, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20220354431Abstract: A bed has a mattress. One or more temperature sensors are used, each sensor configured to: sense a temperature for the sleeper; and transmit, to a controller, temperature readings; one or more pressure sensors, each pressure sensor configured to: sense a pressure applied to the mattress by the sleeper; and transmit, to a controller, pressure readings. A controller may include a processor and memory, the controller configured to: receive, from the temperature sensors, the temperature readings; determine a skin temperature for the sleeper based on the temperature readings; receive, from the pressure sensors, the pressure readings; determine at least one cardiac parameter for the sleeper; and determine, from the skin temperature and the cardiac parameter, a core temperature for the sleeper that is different than the skin temperature and represents thermal state of a core of a body of the sleeper.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Gary N. Garcia Molina, Nikhil Makaram, Cory Lee Grabinger, Kody Lee Karschnik
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Publication number: 20220261020Abstract: A distal-proximal temperature-gradient of a sleeper is determined. A bed has a mattress. Temperature sensors are in an array. Each sensor is configured to: sense surface temperature of the sleeper of the bed, transmit, to a controller, temperature readings. The system also includes a controller may include a processor and memory, the controller configured to: receive, from each of the sensors, temperature readings at a particular time, access, for each temperature reading, a corresponding weight-value, determine the distal-proximal temperature-gradient for the sleeper at the particular time using the temperature readings and the corresponding weight-values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Gary N. Garcia Molina, Yuki Hino, Dillon Pedersen, Shawn Barr, Kody Lee Karschnik, Farzad Siyahiani, Cory Lee Grabinger
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Publication number: 20210204710Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Reuben Wesley Meline, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Publication number: 20210204719Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Cristina Marie Jocson, Kody Lee Karschnik
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Publication number: 20210204709Abstract: A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Cory Lee Grabinger, Kody Lee Karschnik, Cristina Marie Jocson
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Patent number: 7589277Abstract: A multimedia patching box including a generally rectangular housing. The housing includes a first wall positioned opposite from a second wall. The housing also includes opposing third and fourth walls that extend between the first and second walls. A panel is mounted adjacent the front of the housing. The panel is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position. The pivot axis is located adjacent to the third wall of the housing and extends generally along the third wall of the housing. A plurality of multimedia connectors are mounted on the panel. The housing defines at least one cable access opening defined through at least one of the first and second walls at a location adjacent the third wall. A cable management structure is connected to the back side of the panel. The cable management structure defines a cable guiding channel that extends generally along the pivot axis of the panel and generally aligns with the at least one cable access opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Scott Kessler, Jeffrey Scott Hartzler, Cory Lee Grabinger