Patents by Inventor David M. Audette
David M. Audette 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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Patent number: 9049966Abstract: A food processor is provided which includes a container, a blade assembly, a lid configured to cover the top of the container, and a handle attached to the lid. The handle may be movable between at least a first position and a second position with respect to the lid, where when the handle is in the first position, the lid is capable of being coupled to the container, and when the handle is in the second position, the lid is locked to the container. When the handle is in the first position, the motor may be prevented from being activated, and when the handle is in the second position activation of the motor may be permitted. A release button on the lid may be configured to move the handle out of the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: David M. Audette, Alexander J. Calvino, Waiman Chung, Aric Jennings, Daniel Stephen Potter, Andrea Stavrinou, August Alden Drufke
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Publication number: 20150020693Abstract: A cooking system includes a housing and a liner with a bottom heating element and a side circumferential heating element in a plurality of segments electrically connected. A control subsystem includes a selector for the user switchable between slow cook and stove top modes. Both the bottom heating element and the side circumferential heating element are energized and in the stove top mode. Only the side circumferential heating element is energized in the slow cook mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: Jon French, Aric Jennings, Jamie Paul Gagnon, Brian McGee, David M. Audette, Michael Joseph Smith, John Cheung, Joyce Chien Tu
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Patent number: 8933717Abstract: Probes are directly patterned on a test substrate, thereby eliminating a need for an interposer. Probe contact structures are formed as a two-level structure having a greater lateral dimension for a lower level portion than for an upper level portion. First cavities are formed in a masking layer applied to a test substrate, filling the cavities with a conductive material, and planarizing the top surfaces of the conductive material portions to form lower level portions. Another masking layer is applied over the lower level portions and patterned to define second cavities having a smaller lateral dimension that the lower level portions. The second cavities are filled with at least one conductive material to form upper level portions of the probe contact structures. The upper level portion of each probe contact structure can be employed to penetrate a surface oxide of solder balls.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David M. Audette, Kevin Bocash, S. Jay Chey, Steven A. Cordes, Dustin M. Fregeau
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Publication number: 20140346262Abstract: A food processor is provided which includes a container, a blade assembly, and a base arranged such that the container is coupleable to the base. The base includes a housing and a motor configured to drive the blade assembly. The food processor further includes an actuator included with the container moveable between a first position and a second, extended position. When the container is coupled to the base and the actuator is in the second, extended position, the actuator is configured to actuate a switch to permit activation of the motor, and the base is constructed such that the container can be coupled to the base when the actuator is in the second, extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: David M. Audette, Alexander J. Calvino, Waiman Chung Chung, Aric Jennings, Daniel Stephen Potter, Andrea Stavrinou
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Publication number: 20140263340Abstract: A lid release mechanism and a lid locking mechanism for a food processing apparatus are disclosed. The lid release mechanism facilitates removal of a lid from a container via a camming surface in some embodiments. For removal, the lid may be initially tilted to break the seal between the lid and the container. A lid locking mechanism may be included, and in some embodiments, the motion to unlock the lid (e.g., pivoting an arm) also starts lid removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
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Patent number: 8836356Abstract: A vertical probe assembly includes an upper die; a lower die; a plurality of probes, the probes including an electrically conductive material, wherein the probes extend from the upper die through the lower die; and an air channel located between the upper die and the lower die, such that airflow through the air channel passes through the plurality of probes.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David M. Audette, Dustin M. Fregeau, David L. Gardell, Daniel J. Murphy, Grant Wagner
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Publication number: 20140252146Abstract: A blender is adapted to process and heat food products. The blender includes a base and a container coupled with the base. Disposed in the container is a work area and a processor component adapted to process food products. Disposed within the processor component is a fluid conduit through which steam may pass. The fluid conduit includes at least one outer wall and an interior lumen. The outer wall of the fluid conduit is separated from an inner wall of the processor component by a gap. The gap is in fluid communication with the work chamber. Disposed in the base is a reservoir (adapted to hold one or more fluids, e.g., water), which is in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the fluid conduit of the container. Steam formed in the reservoir passes from the reservoir into the work chamber by way of the interior lumen and the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: David M. Audette, Brian R. McGee
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Publication number: 20140238182Abstract: Food processing devices with attached handles are disclosed. The handle may be locked to prohibit movement of the handle relative to the food processing device and unlocked to permit movement of the handle relative to the food processing device. The mechanism for unlocking the handle may include a cam-type arrangement. The handle may function as part of a safety system which controls actuation of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: David M. Audette, Phillip Bussone, Justin McCarthy, Ajay Patel
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Publication number: 20140231562Abstract: A blender system includes a container having a rotatable blade assembly therein, a lid covering an open end of the container, and a base with a motorized unit. When the container is coupled with the base, the motorized unit is adapted to drive rotation of the rotatable blade assembly. The lid includes a hinged actuator lever adapted to actuate the motorized unit. A detent extends from the hinged actuator lever and passes through a series of apertures and presses against a slidable actuator shaft disposed in the container and maintained in its position by a spring force, thereby depressing a switch for the motorized unit. A rotatable blade system includes cutting blade(s) and crushing blade(s). The crushing blade extends longitudinally outwardly from a hub. When the hub rotates in a first direction or second direction opposite the first direction, a face of the crushing blade is leading or trailing, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, David M. Audette
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Publication number: 20140217216Abstract: A blending apparatus is provided which includes a container defining a cavity having a center axis and a substantially rectangular cross section through the center axis. The blending apparatus further includes a lid to cover the cavity defined by the container, and an attachment to fit within the cavity and rotate about the center axis of the cavity. In some arrangements, a set of sides of the container defines (i) a substantially octagonal interior cross section through the center axis at a location adjacent a bottom of the container to prevent lodging of food products at the bottom of the container when the attachment rotates within the cavity; and (ii) a substantially square interior cross section through the center axis at a location further from the bottom of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventor: David M. Audette
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Publication number: 20140167801Abstract: A probe conducts testing of a circuit. The probe includes a base coupled to a substrate. The probe also includes a cantilever attached to the base at a first end, the cantilever deflecting from a first position to a second position in which a second end opposite the first end is in contact with the substrate and to move between the second position and the first position based on movement of a compliant bump of the circuit, and a probe tip attached to the cantilever at the second end, the probe tip maintaining contact with the compliant bump of the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David M. Audette, Dustin Fregeau, David L. Gardell, Grant W. Wagner
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Publication number: 20140167802Abstract: A method of probing compliant bumps of a circuit with probes is described. The method includes disposing the probes on a substrate, a base of each of the probes being coupled to the substrate. The method also includes disposing the circuit such that each of the compliant bumps is in contact with the probe tip of a corresponding one of the probes, each probe tip being connected to each base of each probe through a cantilever, and supplying current to the probes to test the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David M. Audette, Dustin Fregeau, David L. Gardell, Grant W. Wagner
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Patent number: 8721164Abstract: A blending apparatus is provided which includes a container defining a cavity having a center axis and a substantially rectangular cross section through the center axis. The blending apparatus further includes a lid to cover the cavity defined by the container, and an attachment to fit within the cavity and rotate about the center axis of the cavity. In some arrangements, a set of sides of the container defines (i) a substantially octagonal interior cross section through the center axis at a location adjacent a bottom of the container to prevent lodging of food products at the bottom of the container when the attachment rotates within the cavity; and (ii) a substantially square interior cross section through the center axis at a location further from the bottom of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
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Patent number: 8702300Abstract: A blending apparatus is provided which includes a container, a lid for covering the container, and an attachment within the container. The attachment includes a central shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to engage the lid, and the second end being configured to engage a drive member of the container. The attachment further includes blades extending outwardly from the central shaft, the blades being operable to engage food products in the container. The attachment rotates within the container body (i) while the attachment is captured between a bushing of the lid and the drive member of the container, the first end of the central shaft engaging the bushing and the second end of the central shaft engaging the drive member of the container and (ii) while the second end of the attachment receives torque from the drive member of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
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Patent number: 8640324Abstract: A method for fabricating a compliant membrane probe for communication with an integrated circuit includes installing an array of conductive structures within a flexible membrane, the conductors comprising a beam structure having a first end and a second end, with each one of the conductors further comprising a probe tip extending from the first end, the probe tip having a throat generally surrounded by material of the flexible membrane and a head at an end of the throat such that the head is disposed at an opposite side of the flexible membrane with respect to the beam structure; and configuring the second end of the beam structure so as to be supported by a first end of the beam structure of an adjacent conductor thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David M. Audette, John F. Hagios, Christopher L. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20130344694Abstract: Probes are directly patterned on a test substrate, thereby eliminating a need for an interposer. Probe contact structures are formed as a two-level structure having a greater lateral dimension for a lower level portion than for an upper level portion. First cavities are formed in a masking layer applied to a test substrate, filling the cavities with a conductive material, and planarizing the top surfaces of the conductive material portions to form lower level portions. Another masking layer is applied over the lower level portions and patterned to define second cavities having a smaller lateral dimension that the lower level portions. The second cavities are filled with at least one conductive material to form upper level portions of the probe contact structures. The upper level portion of each probe contact structure can be employed to penetrate a surface oxide of solder balls.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David M. Audette, Kevin Bocash, S. Jay Chey, Steven A. Cordes, Dustin M. Fregeau
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Patent number: D701087Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
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Patent number: D702085Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette
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Patent number: D702999Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventors: David M. Audette, Laura Kay Raffi
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Patent number: D708902Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLCInventor: David M. Audette