Patents by Inventor Erin Burke

Erin Burke 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).

  • Patent number: 9655486
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes a removable rotatable driven agitator, such as a brush roll, which is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages the driven end. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. Different removable agitators with different characteristics may be used interchangeably in the surface cleaning head. The surface cleaning head may also include one or more transparent regions (e.g., on the openable cover) to allow visual inspection of the agitator during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Kai Xu, AiMing Xu, Erin Burke
  • Publication number: 20160220081
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes a removable rotatable driven agitator, such as a brush roll, which is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages the driven end. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. Different removable agitators with different characteristics may be used interchangeably in the surface cleaning head. The surface cleaning head may also include one or more transparent regions (e.g., on the openable cover) to allow visual inspection of the agitator during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kai XU, AiMing XU, Erin BURKE
  • Publication number: 20060224359
    Abstract: A method and system to minimize to redundancy in testing a new software system by utilizing a knowledge base is provided. The knowledge base may be represented in a form of a decision tree including leaf nodes which store previously tested optimal configurations. When the knowledge base does not contain an optimal configuration for the new software, an optimal solution for the new software system may be determined by adding a further decision tree branch to the initial decision tree. A desirable tree branch may be selected from a table including a predetermined set of desirable tree branches for each category of software. As a result, the number of solutions to be tested on the input software may be limited and cost and effort to run redundant tests on a software system may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth Ashcraft, Flavio Bergamaschi, Viktors Bertsis, Erin Burke, Duy Huynh, Santhosh Rao, Duc Vianney, Peter Wong
  • Publication number: 20050257146
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for recognizing and correcting dyslexia-related spelling errors is provided. A word is received for evaluation of a dyslexia-related misspelling. The received word is compared with a plurality of dyslexia variants, and a match between the received word and a dyslexia variant is identified. An error rate at which dyslexia-related misspelled words are received is compared with a threshold, and the read word is evaluated as one of a correctly spelled word and a dyslexia-related misspelling of a word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ashcraft, Viktors Berstis, Erin Burke, Santhosh Rao, Richard Schwerdtfeger