Patents by Inventor Michael A. Kurtz

Michael A. Kurtz 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: 20240108929
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, information that indicates that a fire has been detected in a building and that a fire suppression system within the building has begun dousing the fire; monitoring sensor information from one or more sensors located within the building; determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor information, whether the fire has been extinguished; activating, in response to determining that the fire has been extinguished, a feature to turn off a water supply to the building, the feature being presented on a computing device for a user who is associated with the building; receiving, after activating the feature and from the computing device, a command to turn off the water supply; and transmitting, by the computer system, a control signal that causes an electromechanical device to close a water valve within the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Schmitt, Michael Kramer, Ronak Desai, Randall Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20240094984
    Abstract: A first computing device may comprise at least one audio output and at least one audio input. The first computing device may determine a first delay associated with output of first audio from a second computing device located remote to the first computing device. Output of second audio may be caused via the at least one audio output based on the first delay. An audio input signal comprising the first audio, the second audio, and third audio indicative of a voice command may be received via the at least one audio input. At least one action may be caused to be performed based on the voice command. The at least one action may be caused to be performed based on removal of the first audio and the second audio from the audio input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Scott KURTZ, Michael SALLAS
  • Patent number: 11812877
    Abstract: There is disclosed a hanging device for being secured to a brick. The device has an elongated member extending between a first end and a second end. The elongated member has a resiliently deformable section. The elongated member and the resiliently deformable section form a monolithic structure. A retaining structure is disposed on the elongated member between the first and second ends. Gripping members are each located at a respective one of the first and second ends of the elongated member and extend from the elongated member. The gripping members define abutting surfaces configured for contacting opposed sides of the brick. The abutting surfaces face each other and define a brick receiving space therebetween. A height of the brick receiving space is variable upon deformation of the resiliently deformable section. A method of supporting an object is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana
  • Publication number: 20220088454
    Abstract: A sport apparatus comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft comprises a notch fitting and a sensor housing. The sensor housing comprises an alignment rib fitting, printed circuit board, rechargeable battery, one or more motion sensors, a transceiver, an inductive charging coil, among other necessary elements for the sport apparatus as described herein. A portion of the sensor housing resides within the shaft, wherein the alignment rib of the sensor housing mates with a notch or other locking mechanism of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas H. Lupfer, Patrick M. Steusloff, Michael A. Kurtz
  • Patent number: 11192012
    Abstract: A sport apparatus comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft comprises a notch fitting and a sensor housing. The sensor housing comprises an alignment rib fitting, printed circuit board, rechargeable battery, one or more motion sensors, a transceiver, an inductive charging coil, among other necessary elements for the sport apparatus as described herein. A portion of the sensor housing resides within the shaft, wherein the alignment rib of the sensor housing mates with a notch or other locking mechanism of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KINETEK SPORTS
    Inventors: Thomas H. Lupfer, Patrick M. Steusloff, Michael A. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20210315451
    Abstract: An ophthalmic stimulator for temporarily constricting a pupil of an eye comprises an irradiation control system, having a feedback system, to generate an irradiation control signal using a feedback of the feedback system; an irradiation source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation; and an irradiation delivery system, having a targeting system and coupled to the irradiation control system, to receive the irradiation from the irradiation source, and to direct a patterned irradiation in a pattern to a treatment region of an iris of the eye using the targeting system; wherein the irradiation control system controls at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation delivery system with the irradiation control signal so that the patterned irradiation causes a temporary constriction of the pupil, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
  • Patent number: 11076803
    Abstract: A foot sensor feedback device with multiple passive sensors in a shoe insole to provide real time feedback for a microprocessor to control a haptic device on the ankle of a person and to store and display data on an application on a smart phone to provide balance to a person while standing still or walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Rehabit Health, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Malawey, Thomas H. Lupfer, Patrick M. Steusloff, Thomas A. Liguori, Michael A. Kurtz, Michael J. Thilenius
  • Publication number: 20210145197
    Abstract: There is disclosed a hanging device for being secured to a brick. The device has an elongated member extending between a first end and a second end. The elongated member has a resiliently deformable section. The elongated member and the resiliently deformable section form a monolithic structure. A retaining structure is disposed on the elongated member between the first and second ends. Gripping members are each located at a respective one of the first and second ends of the elongated member and extend from the elongated member. The gripping members define abutting surfaces configured for contacting opposed sides of the brick. The abutting surfaces face each other and define a brick receiving space therebetween. A height of the brick receiving space is variable upon deformation of the resiliently deformable section. A method of supporting an object is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Kelly R. KRAKE, Liette TOUSIGNANT, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew CAMPANA
  • Patent number: 10945540
    Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
  • Patent number: 10925479
    Abstract: A networked system of ophthalmic stimulators for temporarily constricting eye-pupils comprises a set of ophthalmic stimulators, each ophthalmic stimulator including a mobile irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation control signal; an irradiation source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation; and an irradiation delivery system, coupled to the mobile irradiation control system, to receive the irradiation from the irradiation source, and to deliver a patterned irradiation to an iris of the eye; wherein the mobile irradiation control system controls at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation delivery system with the irradiation control signal so that the patterned irradiation causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil; and a central station, including a central image processor, wherein the mobile irradiation control systems and the central station are configured to communicate through
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
  • Publication number: 20210022666
    Abstract: A foot sensor feedback device with multiple passive sensors in a shoe insole to provide real time feedback for a microprocessor to control a haptic device on the ankle of a person and to store and display data on an application on a smart phone to provide balance to a person while standing still or walking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Malawey, Thomas H. Lupfer, Patrick M. Steusloff, Thomas A. Liguori, Michael A. Kurtz, Michael J. Thilenius
  • Publication number: 20200368600
    Abstract: A sport apparatus comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft comprises a notch fitting and a sensor housing. The sensor housing comprises an alignment rib fitting, printed circuit board, rechargeable battery, one or more motion sensors, a transceiver, an inductive charging coil, among other necessary elements for the sport apparatus as described herein. A portion of the sensor housing resides within the shaft, wherein the alignment rib of the sensor housing mates with a notch or other locking mechanism of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas H. Lupfer, Patrick M. Steusloff, Michael A. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20200187681
    Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kelly KRAKE, Liette TOUSIGNANT, Michael Kurtz
  • Patent number: 10575663
    Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of securement pins in the frame legs are driven into the frame to secure the bracket in a right angle corner of the frame. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
  • Patent number: 10485902
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having a sheath formed of a polymer material, wherein the sheath forms a reservoir attached to or around the implantable medical device, and wherein the reservoir is sealed with a biocompatible pressure responsive coating; wherein the biocompatible coating is stable for at least 7-day post implantation into a body, and can be mechanically ruptured by application of an exterior pressure generating force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel University
    Inventors: Christopher K. Kepler, Alex Michael Sevit, Steven Michael Kurtz, Noreen J. Hickok, Flemming Forsberg, John R. Eisenbrey
  • Patent number: 10477883
    Abstract: A gas injection assembly for injecting a gas into a liquid to form a solution includes a vessel that receives the liquid, a flow channel that conveys the liquid from the vessel through an upstream inlet to a downstream outlet that is configured to dispense the solution, and a sparger having a porous surface positioned in the flow channel such that the liquid flows across the porous surface and the porous surface injects the gas into the liquid as the liquid flows across the porous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Giardino, Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Jacob Lukjanowicz, Jose Renteria, Michael Kurtz
  • Patent number: D865500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana
  • Patent number: D878909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana
  • Patent number: D884464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
  • Patent number: D889251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Campana