Patents by Inventor Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis 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: 12152387Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling grids, for example, suitable for forming a suspended ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a support bar configured to extend across grid beams of a ceiling grid. The support bar includes a first hook configured to secure to a first grid beam of the ceiling grid and a second hook configured to secure to a second grid beam of the ceiling grid. A spanning member extends from the first hook to the second hook and is configured to support the weight of an element attached to the support bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings CorporationInventors: Christopher Wiesener, Aaron Davis, Zachary Donahue
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Patent number: 11635044Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Publication number: 20230037173Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling grids, for example, suitable for forming a suspended ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a support bar configured to extend across grid beams of a ceiling grid. The support bar includes a first hook configured to secure to a first grid beam of the ceiling grid and a second hook configured to secure to a second grid beam of the ceiling grid. A spanning member extends from the first hook to the second hook and is configured to support the weight of an element attached to the support bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Christopher Wiesener, Aaron Davis, Zachary Donahue
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Patent number: 11565398Abstract: Methods and systems are described for robot transportation of objects into or out of a home automation system. One example may include determining, by a mobile robotic device, that an object is available to cross a boundary of the home automation system. The method may include deactivating at least a portion of the home automation system. The method also include retrieving, by the mobile robotic device, the object and transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the object across the boundary. The method further includes leaving, by the mobile robotic device, the object at a drop-off location. The method may also include reactivating at least the portion of the home automation system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: VIVINT, INC.Inventors: Wes Frisby, Craig Matsuura, Aaron Davis
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Patent number: 11395938Abstract: A system for respiratory training including a housing, a respiratory air channel disposed within the housing, a sensor configured to detect a breathing indicator and transmit a breathing indicator signal, a haptic device disposed within the housing, a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the haptic device, and a memory device operatively coupled to the processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the breathing indicator signal from the sensor; generate a breath determination based on the breathing indicator signal; and responsive to the breath determination, cause the haptic device to generate a vibration.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: EVOLVED, LLCInventors: Aaron Davis, Patrick Estes, Brian Kozak
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Publication number: 20220145831Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 11220979Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 11174817Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 11127268Abstract: A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying image data from a signal, analyzing the image data based at least in part on a first parameter, identifying a presence of an object based at least in part on the analyzing, and detecting an object event based at least in part on the identifying.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Bunker, Rongbin Lanny Lin, Aaron Davis, Shiwei Liu
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Publication number: 20210231082Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 11002225Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an hourglass-shaped outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake that terminates in a floor and an inner front wall that forms a first circumferential gap between the inner front wall and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector polis and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 10961952Abstract: An air-breathing rocket engine with an hourglass-shaped outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake that terminates in a floor and an inner front wall that forms a first circumferential gap between the inner front wall and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: 10963701Abstract: A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving a plurality of video footage at a home automation system from at least one video monitor. The method may further include reviewing the plurality of video footage recorded over a predetermined period of time. The method may further include automatically identifying at least one distinguishing feature in the video footage over the predetermined period of time, and automatically indexing the video footage based, at least in part, on identifying the at least one distinguishing feature in the video footage.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Rongbin Lanny Lin, Brandon Bunker, Aaron Davis, Shiwei Liu, Matthew Mahar, Matthew J. Eyring, Clint Gordon-Carroll, Jeremy B. Warren, James Ellis Nye, Jefferson Lyman
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Patent number: 10798506Abstract: A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a sound using a microphone, generating an audio signature of the detected sound, comparing the audio signature of the detected sound to an audio signature of a characterized sound, and determining whether a recognizable event occurs based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the microphone is attached to a pipe at the premises.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Shiwei Liu, Aaron Davis, Justin Peel, Rongbin Lanny Lin, Brandon Bunker
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Publication number: 20200246659Abstract: A system for respiratory training including a housing, a respiratory air channel disposed within the housing, a sensor configured to detect a breathing indicator and transmit a breathing indicator signal, a haptic device disposed within the housing, a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the haptic device, and a memory device operatively coupled to the processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the breathing indicator signal from the sensor; generate a breath determination based on the breathing indicator signal; and responsive to the breath determination, cause the haptic device to generate a vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Aaron Davis, Patrick Estes, Brian Kozak
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Publication number: 20200139536Abstract: Methods and systems are described for robot transportation of objects into or out of a home automation system. One example may include determining, by a mobile robotic device, that an object is available to cross a boundary of the home automation system. The method may include deactivating at least a portion of the home automation system. The method also include retrieving, by the mobile robotic device, the object and transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the object across the boundary. The method further includes leaving, by the mobile robotic device, the object at a drop-off location. The method may also include reactivating at least the portion of the home automation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Wes Frisby, Craig Matsuura, Aaron Davis
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Patent number: 10607174Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to proactive computer simulation of portable product failures, and more specifically, to determining the likely cause of an outbreak of foodborne disease or other geographically distributed symptoms of a failure or contamination of a portable product. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for simulating portable product failures is provided. Data regarding the locations of consumers of a portable product within a geographic region is received from a data store. A probability density map is determined from the data, indicating where the portable product is likely to be consumed within the geographical region. For each of a plurality of simulated failures of the portable product, the locations of a plurality of simulated incidents arising from the simulated failure are determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Aaron Davis, Stefan Bengt Edlund, Hu Kun, James H. Kaufman, Sondra Ronee Renly, Daniel Dörr
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Patent number: D885438Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Davis, Scott Stegman
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Patent number: D949322Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Evolved, LLCInventors: Aaron Davis, Patrick Estes, Roy Prosise, Dan Caputo, Benjamin Derek Litteral
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Patent number: D1035880Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: EVOLVED, LLCInventors: Aaron Davis, Patrick Estes, Brian Kozak