Patents by Inventor Erik Shahoian
Erik Shahoian 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: 11904649Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GLYDWAYS, INC.Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 11884144Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Glydways Inc.Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Publication number: 20240016246Abstract: Far UV-C wavelengths provide safe and effective antimicrobial disinfectants without genotoxic or ocular toxicities associated with broadband UV-C disinfection. Antimicrobial wavelengths must be applied judiciously to avoid dysbiosis of human and environmental microbiomes. Disclosed is the application of far UV-C or other safe antimicrobial wavelengths via optical fiber delivery to disinfect percutaneous or indwelling medical devices such as various medical grade catheters (urinary, IV), tubes or drains which are a primary source of nosocomial infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Sharon A. Keene, Erik Shahoian
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Publication number: 20220297515Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 11358445Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Glydways, Inc.Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Publication number: 20220079792Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer. One or more patch assemblies may be removably coupled to the exosuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Melinda Cromie Lear, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Publication number: 20210244992Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Melinda Cromie Lear, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Patent number: 11020261Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer. One or more patch assemblies may be removably coupled to the exosuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SEISMIC HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Melinda Cromie Lear, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Patent number: 10926123Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SEISMIC HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Melinda Cromie Lear, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Publication number: 20180153722Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer. One or more patch assemblies may be removably coupled to the exosuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Melinda J. Cromie, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Publication number: 20180056104Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Melinda J. Cromie, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Publication number: 20180055713Abstract: Portable powered stretching exosuit (PPSE) systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The PPSE can be used to facilitate stretching routines for athletics, rehabilitation, or for therapeutic purposes such as maintaining mobility for DMD patients. The PPSE is comfortable, relatively easy to don and doff, and in a form factor such that the PPSE can be worn during the wearer's normal activities. The PPSE may be self-powered, and automatically perform or assist with specific stretching routines. PPSEs may be optimized for one or more specific stretches, whether for athletic performance, medical purposes or rehabilitation following surgery or injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Melinda J. Cromie, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
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Patent number: 9826649Abstract: A removable door for an electronic device. The door may include a spring plate having a first second surface, and a plurality of springs attached to a perimeter of the spring plate. The plurality of springs may engage a portion of an enclosure of the electronic device to retain at least the spring plate within an access opening formed in the enclosure. The door may also include a door cap covering the access opening formed in the enclosure. The door cap may include an interior surface connected to the first surface of the spring plate, and an exterior surface forming a portion of an outer surface of the enclosure. Additionally, the door may include a cover connected to the second surface of the spring plate. The cover may face an interior of the enclosure and separated from the door cap by the spring plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: David H. Narajowski, Euan S. Abraham, Brett W. Degner, Daniel L. McBroom, Erik Shahoian
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Publication number: 20170237323Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided in which a solid rotor ring is formed at either end of a stack of laminated discs, the solid rotor rings yielding improved electrical and mechanical characteristics in a low weight assembly. The solid rotor rings are fabricated by brazing slugs between the end portions of the rotor bars, the braze joints contacting a large percentage (at least 90%) of the rotor bar end portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: David Lyons, Jeffrey B. Straubel, Erik Shahoian, Rudy Garriga
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Patent number: 8821518Abstract: A suture passer device may include a first jaw, a second jaw, and a tissue penetrator which may penetrate through tissue positioned between the first and second jaws to carry a suture. Further, the device may include an actuator which may manipulate at least one of the first or second jaws and the tissue penetrator Additionally, the first and second jaws may be substantially parallel to one another at any position to which the at least one jaw is manipulated. Additionally, the tissue penetrator may travel along an arcuate path from a first position, recessed within the first jaw, to a second position where the tissue penetrator extends through the tissue to be positioned in communication with the second jaw.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc.Inventors: Justin D. Saliman, Erik Shahoian
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Publication number: 20140091688Abstract: A door for a electronic device that may be removed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: David H. Narajowski, Euan S. Abraham, Brett W. Degner, Daniel L. McBroom, Erik Shahoian
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Patent number: 8572837Abstract: A method of making a rotor assembly for an electric motor by adding bars made out of a conducting material such as copper, to spaces between the teeth of a stack of discs, inserting bars referred to as “slugs”, also made out of a conducting material such as copper, in the spaces between the bars on either side of the stack of discs, radially compressing the bars and discs, one or both of which are plated or otherwise coated with a braising material, and then heating the rotor to allow the bars to be braised to the slugs.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.Inventors: David Lyons, Jeffrey B Straubel, Erik Shahoian, Rudy Garriga
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Patent number: 8365392Abstract: A rotor assembly and a method for fabricating the same are provided in which a solid rotor ring is formed at either end of a stack of laminated discs, the solid rotor rings yielding improved electrical and mechanical characteristics in a low weight assembly. The solid rotor rings are fabricated by brazing slugs between the end portions of the rotor bars, the braze joints contacting a large percentage (at least 90 %) of the rotor bar end portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.Inventors: David Lyons, Jeffrey B. Straubel, Erik Shahoian, Rudy Garriga
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Publication number: 20110152892Abstract: In one embodiment, a continuous suture passer device may include a first jaw, a second jaw, a tissue penetrator which may penetrate through tissue positioned between the first and second jaws, and a suture shuttle which may be releasably secured to the tissue penetrator and adapted to carry a suture. Further, the device may include an actuator which may manipulate at least one of the first or second jaws and the tissue penetrator, and the second jaw may have a suture shuttle retainer seat on which the suture shuttle may be releasably secured. The tissue penetrator may be movable towards the second jaw such that the suture shuttle carried by the tissue penetrator may be transferred to the shuttle retainer seat on the second jaw. Additionally, the first and second jaws may be substantially parallel to one another at any position to which the at least one jaw is manipulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Justin D. Saliman, Erik Shahoian, Alexander Jasso, George V. Anastas
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Patent number: D753410Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: The Glad Products CompanyInventors: Chris Wlezien, Olivier Currat, Roger Sharpe, Minxiang Liu, Tim Lau, Erik Shahoian, John E. Rusnak