Patents by Inventor Dean Gardner
Dean Gardner 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: 20220372869Abstract: A downhole communication system includes a mud pulse generator that generates a set of pressure pulses in a pattern, the pattern including encoded data. A roll stabilized platform includes a turbine that is rotatable in response to the pressure pulses. The rotational rate of the turbine is correlated with a pressure value. A processor on the roll stabilized platform demodulates the pressure pulse pattern, and then decodes the encoded data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Edward Richards, Peter Tutton, Dean Gardner, Angie Theresia
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Patent number: 10841682Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20200177982Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20190325420Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods pertaining to wireless network technology. More particularly, an embodiment of the invention relates to systems and methods that employ wireless communication units and wireless base stations to provide Internet access and other communication services in exchange for an expenditure of a cryptocurrency. A related blockchain network may include mining computers that have been adapted to include specialized hardware dedicated to performing financial calculations related to cryptocurrency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: CROSSOVER CAPITALInventor: Dean Gardner
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Patent number: 10045130Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Patent number: 9838771Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170347183Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170347177Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170346920Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170347348Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170347178Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170347179Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Patent number: 9794668Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a resiliently deformable and flexible in-ear sound device having stretchable electronic circuitry. The in-ear sound device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart earplug, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20170238081Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a resiliently deformable and flexible in-ear sound device having stretchable electronic circuitry. The in-ear sound device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart earplug, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Patent number: 9598904Abstract: A drill string suitable for use in directional drilling of a borehole, comprising a rotatable shaft at the leading end of which is a drill bit, and wherein the shaft comprises a variable friction inducing member, which provides rotational friction by physical contact with an inside face of the borehole, the friction inducing member being arranged to exert a first rotational frictional force when the shaft in the vicinity of the member is substantially rotating and a second rotational frictional force when the shaft in the vicinity of the member is substantially not rotating, wherein the first rotational frictional force is less than the second rotational frictional force.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Walter Aldred, Ashley Johnson, Dean Gardner, Maurice Ringer, Devi Putra
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Patent number: 9571913Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a resiliently deformable and flexible in-ear sound device having stretchable electronic circuitry. The in-ear sound device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart earplug, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SmartEar, Inc.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20160192050Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a resiliently deformable and flexible in-ear sound device having stretchable electronic circuitry. The in-ear sound device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart earplug, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: SMARTEAR, INC.Inventors: Kinuko Masaki, Dean Gardner, Victor Valenzuela
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Publication number: 20150097468Abstract: Switchable micromachined transducer arrays are described where one or more switches, or relays, are monolithically integrated with transducer elements in a piezoelectric micromachined transducer array (pMUT). In embodiments, a MEMS switch is implemented on the same substrate as the transducer array for switching operational modes of the transducer array. In embodiments, a plurality of transducers are interconnected in parallel through MEMS switch(es) in a first operational mode (e.g., a drive mode) during a first time period, and are then interconnected through the MEMS switch(es) with at least some of the transducers in series in a second operational mode (e.g., a sense mode) during a second time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Arman Hajati, Dean Gardner
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Publication number: 20130105220Abstract: A drill string suitable for use in directional drilling of a borehole, comprising a rotatable shaft at the leading end of which is a drill bit, and wherein the shaft comprises a variable friction inducing member, which provides rotational friction by physical contact with an inside face of the borehole, the friction inducing member being arranged to exert a first rotational frictional force when the shaft in the vicinity of the member is substantially rotating and a second rotational frictional force when the shaft in the vicinity of the member is substantially not rotating, wherein the first rotational frictional force is less than the second rotational frictional force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Walter Aldred, Ashley Johnson, Dean Gardner, Maurice Ringer, Devi Putra
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Patent number: D921761Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: MILLS/JAMES, INC.Inventor: Dean Gardner