Patents by Inventor James A. deBoer

James A. deBoer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149661
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to thermal management systems for a moveable apparatus such as a vehicle. A thermal management system may include an air intake at the front of the vehicle, and one or more structures that substantially reverse the airflow that flows into the air intake to impact a backside of a front wall of the vehicle. The front wall may be a front wall of a fascia of the vehicle in some implementations. The reversed airflow may flow over a heat exchanger before impacting the backside of the front wall, and may then be guided by an interior surface of the front wall to one or more vents or exit ports to the external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Graham Lloyd Feltham, Jake DeBoer, Yashvardhan Salgaocar, James Edward Bratby
  • Patent number: 5857984
    Abstract: An exercise belt 10 to be worn around the waist of a user has a case 14 holding a control switch S1, a switch actuator 22, a battery 16, a vibrator 20, and a motor 18 connected to the vibrator 20 to cause the vibrator 20 to vibrate upon energization of the motor 18 by the battery 16 when the control switch S1 changes states. A light emitting device 28 is attached to the case 14 and positioned to be observed when the belt 10 is worn around the waist of a user. A strap 12 has one end attached to one end of the case 14 and another end connected to the switch actuator 22. This strap 12 is adjustable to fit snugly around the waist of a user, with expansion of the user's waist moving the switch actuator 22 to change the state of the control switch S1, energizing the motor 18, vibrator 20, and light emitting device 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventors: James A. deBoer, Thomas W. Turner