Patents by Inventor Lee A. Hawkins
Lee A. Hawkins 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: 11974784Abstract: Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a plate that is seated between the receiver member and the rod and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a hook that extends out from the receiver member to hook onto an anatomical structure or another implant to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Medos International SàrlInventors: J. Riley Hawkins, Albert Montello, Christopher Ramsay, Kevin Lee, Joseph Peterson, Ben Johnston, Heiko Koller, Todd Albert, Christopher Ames, Brad Currier, Claudius Thome, Masashi Neo
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Publication number: 20240075173Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser with a number of packages therein. The merchandiser may include a product area with either a number of shelves or a number of columns with the packages therein and a package sanitation system. The package sanitation system may include one or more ultraviolet lights positioned within the product area so as to sanitize the packages therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Candace Nicola WILSON, Camila DA ROSA LOPES, Marcelo TOSAKI, Alan Lee HAWKINS, Venkat GOVINDARAJAN
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Publication number: 20230228550Abstract: An example device includes a housing including a top portion, and a lower portion which connect together to house a spring, and a bushing disposed inside the housing with a backside of a bushing rested against the spring, and the backside of the bushing is in contact with a probe tip of a depth measurement gauge disposed in a top portion of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Kevin Lee Hawkins, JR., Barbara Zuleika Cufre
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Publication number: 20210315231Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a beverage nucleator system that can initiate ice crystal nucleation by application of a directed flow of pressurized gas to the exterior of the fluid container containing a supercooled beverage. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a beverage nucleator system for a supercooled beverage container which may include a frame having a beverage container aperture for receiving a beverage container therein and a gas outlet positioned within the beverage container aperture for directing a flow of pressurized gas at a beverage container received therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Alan Lee HAWKINS, Ryan WEST
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Publication number: 20170031562Abstract: A libido measurement icon displays messages related to a partner user's sexual arousal level on the display of a user's devices, such as Smartphone or tablet, having Internet connectivity. When a user or partner user activates the icon, the icon will display messages received from partner users related to the partner user's current level of sexual arousal and will allow a user to submit the user's own libido level (a “libido score”) to a partner user via the libido measurement system's messaging function.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: OPEN ISLAND, LLCInventors: Daniel Hiram Waters, Timothy Moffett Waters, Maximilian Grant Myers, Ernest Lee Hawkins, JR., Michelle Rene Downey
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Patent number: 8540470Abstract: A nut fastener is provided for locking the nut to prevent inadvertent loosening of the nut. The nut fastener is particularly useful for tightening a wheel onto an axle. The nut fastener includes a nut, a collar and a retaining ring. The nut is unlocked by pushing on an engagement surface of the collar. When the collar is released, the collar locks against the nut.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: MacLean-Fogg CompanyInventors: John W. Dillon, Mark W. Hughes, Lee A. Hawkins, Stanley C. Nadig
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Publication number: 20110188970Abstract: A nut fastener is provided for locking the nut to prevent inadvertent loosening of the nut. The nut fastener is particularly useful for tightening a wheel onto an axle. The nut fastener includes a nut, a collar and a retaining ring. The nut is unlocked by pushing on an engagement surface of the collar. When the collar is released, the collar locks against the nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: MacLean-Fogg CompanyInventors: John W. Dillon, Mark W. Hughes, Lee A. Hawkins, Stanley C. Nadig
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Patent number: 7765837Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub mounted within the cabinet, and a basket rotationally mounted within the tub for relative rotation therewith. A suspension assembly supports the tub within the cabinet. A variable speed motor is included for rotating the basket about a rotation axis, and an inverter is operatively coupled to the motor. A controller is operatively coupled to the inverter and the motor and is configured to control the motor based on a drag torque on the basket.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Larry Lee Hawkins, Derek Lee Watkins, Mark Aaron Weaver, Michael Francis Finch, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Benton Bartley Oukrop
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Patent number: 6174274Abstract: A method and apparatus for formation of a preformed bonded pull tab over a reseal liner is disclosed. The pull tab seal layer of material is bonded together with a reseal liner layer of material for insertion into a closure. The pull tab on the pull tab liner seal is formed prior to combination of the two layers and is folded backwards between the two layers of material. Thus, after combining the two layers, punching out the closure liner and insertion into the closure, the reseal liner is separated from the pull tab seal and the pull tab seal is adhered to the rim of the container. Only one punch press step is required for forming the closure and container seals and insertion of the members into the closure. By forming the pull tab prior to combining the two layers, an assembly of the pull tab and reseal liner is made more efficient and less time consuming.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1997Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Rexam Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Ronnie Lee Hawkins, William R. Weinert
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Patent number: 5884891Abstract: An easy to assemble upper ball joint assembly for a wash tub suspension system is described. In accordance with one embodiment, the upper ball joint assembly includes a socket configured to be located within a keyed opening in the suspension system upper frame, and a ball joint configured to be secured to a suspension rod extending from the suspension system lower frame through the opening in the upper frame. The socket includes a seating surface which, in one embodiment, is substantially spherical shaped and concave. A slot extends from the socket opening to a periphery of the socket. The slot is configured so that the suspension rod can be moved through the slot and located within the socket opening. By orienting the socket so that the slot extends radially outward from a center axis of the wash tub, the suspension rod is allowed more movement relative to the socket since the rod can also move within the slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1996Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Larry Lee Hawkins, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
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Patent number: 5868011Abstract: Apparatus including water traps for containing pump gurgling noise within a washing machine are described. In one embodiment, tub outlet openings are formed in the washing machine tub bottom wall, and the apparatus includes an inlet in flow communication, and integral, with the tub water outlet. The pump inlet hose is coupled to the apparatus outlet so that the outlet is in flow communication with the water pump. The water trap is located between the apparatus inlet and outlet, and the water trap includes a u-shaped channel, a baffle extending from a lower surface of the tub bottom wall, and a standpipe. The u-shaped channel includes a water reservoir portion at an elevation below an end of the standpipe. In operation, water from the tub is discharged from the tub through the tub water outlets and into the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Larry Lee Hawkins, Dwight William Jacobus, Kevin Harold Kratch, Michael Thomas Beyerle