Patents by Inventor David R. Maas
David R. Maas 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: 11818974Abstract: An aeration tine includes a mounting portion removably connectable to an aeration apparatus and defining a central axis; and a curved blade portion that extends longitudinally from the mounting portion to a tip of the aeration tine and that is operable to fracture soil and form an aeration pocket. The curved blade portion includes a concave first edge and an opposed convex second edge, wherein the concave first edge includes (i) a proximal first edge portion, (ii) a distal first edge portion proximal the tip of the aeration tine, and (iii) a middle first edge portion between the proximal first edge portion and the distal first edge portion, the middle first edge portion closer to the central axis than both the proximal first edge portion and the distal first edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Publication number: 20220046846Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in an aeration tine that includes a mounting portion removably connectable to an aeration apparatus and defining a central axis; and a curved blade portion that extends longitudinally from the mounting portion to a tip of the aeration tine and that is operable to fracture soil and form an aeration pocket. The curved blade portion includes a concave first edge and an opposed convex second edge, wherein the concave first edge includes (i) a proximal first edge portion, (ii) a distal first edge portion proximal the tip of the aeration tine, and (iii) a middle first edge portion between the proximal first edge portion and the distal first edge portion, the middle first edge portion closer to the central axis than both the proximal first edge portion and the distal first edge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 9992921Abstract: A soil aeration apparatus can include an aeration rotor comprising at least one set of aeration tines configured for movement in a planetary motion about an axis. The apparatus can further include the aeration rotor being configured to remove soil plugs from a ground surface and break the soil plugs into soil particles when the aeration rotor is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Publication number: 20170086345Abstract: A soil aeration apparatus can include an aeration rotor comprising at least one set of aeration tines configured for movement in a planetary motion about an axis. The apparatus can further include the aeration rotor being configured to remove soil plugs from a ground surface and break the soil plugs into soil particles when the aeration rotor is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 9516800Abstract: A soil aeration apparatus can include an aeration rotor comprising at least one set of aeration tines configured for movement in a planetary motion about an axis. The apparatus can further include the aeration rotor being configured to remove soil plugs from a ground surface and break the soil plugs into soil particles when the aeration rotor is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 9516797Abstract: Some embodiments of a ground surface treatment system can include a flexible roller system having one or more of rollers arranged in a side-by-side position and include a flexible axle member extending through each row of rollers.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Publication number: 20160219780Abstract: A soil aeration apparatus can include an aeration rotor comprising at least one set of aeration tines configured for movement in a planetary motion about an axis. The apparatus can further include the aeration rotor being configured to remove soil plugs from a ground surface and break the soil plugs into soil particles when the aeration rotor is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventor: David R. Maas
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Publication number: 20150150183Abstract: Some embodiments of a ground surface treatment system can include a flexible roller system having one or more of rollers arranged in a side-by-side position and include a flexible axle member extending through each row of rollers. In such circumstances, the flexible roller system can be configured to provide a smoothing effect along a ground surface even when the ground surface includes significant undulations (e.g., an undulating putting green surface). In particular embodiments, the system may be useful in circumstances when the ground surface has been treated with an aeration apparatus prior to the rollers contacts the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 8979438Abstract: Some embodiments of a ground surface treatment system can include a flexible roller system having one or more of rollers arranged in a side-by-side position and include a flexible axle member extending through each row of rollers.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 8687566Abstract: A communication system performs adaptive scheduling by considering present and past reported CQI values and other indications of channel conditions in scheduling a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) and then executing a ‘dithering’ function in order to effectuate an MCS that is intermediate between adjacent discrete MCSs. In one embodiment, the communication system determines a first MCS based on a channel quality metric received from a mobile station (MS) and then transmits data utilizing the first MCS. The communication system assigns weights to each of the first MCS and a second MCS based on whether the transmitted data is acknowledged and, based on the assigned weights, selects one of the first and second MCSs for a subsequent transmission of data to the MS. The communication system also may assign weights to each of a first and second MCS based on a transition between a MIMO-A and a MIMO-B transmission scheme.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Jun Wang, Timothy J. Wilson
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Patent number: 8559458Abstract: A method and scheduler are provided that optimize utilization of an uplink (UL) data packet field of an UL sub-frame. In one embodiment, a request for an allocation of bandwidth is received from each of multiple mobile stations. The requests include requests for a bandwidth allocation of a first size range and requests for a bandwidth allocation of a second size range, wherein each request of the second size range requests more bandwidth than any request of the first size range. Bandwidth is allocated in a UL data packet field to the requests in order of priority, and when the allocated bandwidth does not fill the UL data packet field and a request of the second size range remains unallocated, an allocation of bandwidth to an unallocated request of the second size range is substituted for an allocation of bandwidth to a request of the first size range.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Chen Mu
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Publication number: 20130202366Abstract: Some embodiments of a ground surface treatment system can include a flexible roller system having one or more of rollers arranged in a side-by-side position and include a flexible axle member extending through each row of rollers. In such circumstances, the flexible roller system can be configured to provide a smoothing effect along a ground surface even when the ground surface includes significant undulations (e.g., an undulating putting green surface). In particular embodiments, the system may be useful in circumstances when the ground surface has been treated with an aeration apparatus prior to the rollers contacts the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: 8387713Abstract: A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in the soil. In certain embodiments, the arcuate tines penetrate and fracture the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket deposited on the top of the soil. In various embodiments, a planetary gear assembly imparts to the tine a translational and rotational movement which creates a fractured pocket in the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket and deposited on the surface of the soil. In still other embodiments, the arcuate tine may have mounted thereon a coring tube that cuts and removes a plug from the pocket formed in the soil.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Scott W. Bjorge
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Publication number: 20120255748Abstract: A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in the soil. In certain embodiments, the arcuate tines penetrate and fracture the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket deposited on the top of the soil. In various embodiments, a planetary gear assembly imparts to the tine a translational and rotational movement which creates a fractured pocket in the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket and deposited on the surface of the soil. In still other embodiments, the arcuate tine may have mounted thereon a coring tube that cuts and removes a plug from the pocket formed in the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: PLANETAIR TURF PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Scott W. Bjorge
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Patent number: 8220557Abstract: A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in the soil. In certain embodiments, the arcuate tines penetrate and fracture the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket deposited on the top of the soil. In various embodiments, a planetary gear assembly imparts to the tine a translational and rotational movement which creates a fractured pocket in the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket and deposited on the surface of the soil. In still other embodiments, the arcuate tine may have mounted thereon a coring tube that cuts and removes a plug from the pocket formed in the soil.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Scott W. Bjorge
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Patent number: 8189522Abstract: An apparatus and method for communicating system information in a wireless communication network. A first step 200 includes defining unicast threshold parameter(s). A next step 201 includes receiving a request for system information. A next step 202, 204 includes determining if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next step 206-216 includes scheduling an ad-hoc broadcast of the system information if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next step 218 includes sending a pointer to the scheduled ad-hoc broadcast. A next step 220 includes broadcasting the network service provider information per the schedule.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Subramanian S. Iyer, Christopher R. Cushing, Ajaykumar R. Idnani, David R. Maas, J. Chris Stanaway
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Patent number: 8165074Abstract: A technique for handling service flows in a wireless communication system includes receiving a first packet over a first service flow. In this case, the first service flow has a first quality of service. Next, a packet classifier associated with the first packet is determined. A second service flow with a selected quality of service is then created when the packet classifier for the first packet corresponds to a selected classifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventor: David R. Maas
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Publication number: 20120018180Abstract: A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in the soil. In certain embodiments, the arcuate tines penetrate and fracture the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket deposited on the top of the soil. In various embodiments, a planetary gear assembly imparts to the tine a translational and rotational movement which creates a fractured pocket in the soil while minimizing the amount of soil lifted from the pocket and deposited on the surface of the soil. In still other embodiments, the arcuate tine may have mounted thereon a coring tube that cuts and removes a plug from the pocket formed in the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventors: David R. Maas, Scott W. Bjorge
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Patent number: D969576Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas
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Patent number: D995239Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: PlanetAir Turf Products, LLCInventor: David R. Maas