Patents by Inventor Adam Price

Adam Price 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: 12230922
    Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
  • Patent number: 12226866
    Abstract: A foreign object debris (FOD) collection drill attachment for attaching to a drill includes with a drill guide bushing holder, a chip breaker bushing, an air supply line, a chip evacuation line, a chip collection hopper, and an air manifold. The drill guide bushing holder includes an inlet channel receiving air from the air supply line, an outlet channel, and a holder center channel. The inlet channel and the outlet channel each open into the holder center channel through which an end protrusion of the chip breaker bushing extends to break up FOD on a drill bit of the drill. The cross-sectional area of the inlet channel is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the outlet channel, creating a Venturi effect between the inlet channel and the outlet channel to pull FOD away from the drill bit and through the chip evacuation line to the chip collection hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd B. Jaramillo, Matthew R. Schroeder, Chelsea Sewell, Alexis Winkle, Adrian Schrage, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III
  • Publication number: 20250038431
    Abstract: A terminal includes a terminal body extending between a mating end and a terminating end. The mating end has a mating interface. The terminating end has an insulation displacement contact. The insulation displacement contact includes a first contact element having a first blade and a second contact element having a second blade. The first blade faces the second blade across a cable slot configured to receive a cable. The terminal includes a contact support extending along the insulation displacement contact. The contact support holds the first contact element relative to the second contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Galen M. Martin, Christopher Ryan Raybold, Jeremy Christin Patterson, Adam Price Tyler, Ryan David Hetrick
  • Publication number: 20240316711
    Abstract: A foreign object debris (FOD) collection drill attachment for attaching to a drill includes with a drill guide bushing holder, a chip breaker bushing, an air supply line, a chip evacuation line, a chip collection hopper, and an air manifold. The drill guide bushing holder includes an inlet channel receiving air from the air supply line, an outlet channel, and a holder center channel. The inlet channel and the outlet channel each open into the holder center channel through which an end protrusion of the chip breaker bushing extends to break up FOD on a drill bit of the drill. The cross-sectional area of the inlet channel is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the outlet channel, creating a Venturi effect between the inlet channel and the outlet channel to pull FOD away from the drill bit and through the chip evacuation line to the chip collection hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc
    Inventors: Todd B. Jaramillo, Matthew R. Schroeder, Chelsea Sewell, Alexis Winkle, Adrian Schrage, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III
  • Patent number: 12049191
    Abstract: A locking hub system for locking a wheel hub of a vehicle to an axle is provided. The system has a locking ring that may be moved between locked and unlocked configurations. When in the locked configuration, the hub is in a rotationally fixed position relative to the axle on which the hub is mounted. With the hub locked to the axle, the wheel will not rotate and the vehicle thus cannot be moved. When in the unlocked configuration, the hub can rotate freely about the axle, thereby allowing movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Price
  • Patent number: 11916336
    Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body for mounting to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof for engaging with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a first height and defining a locking feature for engaging with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a second height, less than the first height. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
  • Publication number: 20240047924
    Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
  • Publication number: 20240030664
    Abstract: A power harness includes a plug housing holding a power contact and a busbar received in a chamber of the plug housing. The power contact has a mating portion having a separable mating interface configured to be plugged into a header contact stack of header contacts of the header connector when mated with the header connector. The busbar is welded to a weld pad at a terminating portion of the power contact. A threaded bolt passes through the plug housing configured to be threadably coupled to a threaded connector of the header connector to secure the plug housing to the header connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: James Edward Gundermann, Kevin John Peterson, Dinesh Loku Hemnani, Adam Price Tyler, Ashida Pitt
  • Patent number: 11848518
    Abstract: A header power connector includes a header housing assembly including an inner housing received in a cavity of an outer housing. The inner housing has upper and lower openings open to a terminal channel configured to receive busbars. The inner housing is movable relative to the outer housing to accommodate misalignment of the busbars in the terminal channel. A terminal is received in the terminal channel having a terminal base, an upper mating end and a lower mating end. The upper mating end includes an upper socket flanked by upper spring beams that receives the first busbar and the lower mating end includes a lower socket flanked by lower spring beams that receives the second busbar. The terminal is movable in the terminal channel to accommodate misalignment of the first busbar and the second busbar in the terminal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri, David James Rhein, Adam Price Tyler
  • Patent number: 11801804
    Abstract: A secure locking hub system for locking a wheel hub of a vehicle to an axle is provided. The system has a locking ring that may be manually inserted and removed by a user to switch the system between locked and unlocked configurations. When in the locked configuration, the hub is in a rotationally fixed position relative to the axle on which the hub is mounted. With the hub locked to the axle, the wheel will not rotate and the vehicle thus cannot be moved. The system additionally has a security lock that prevents any unauthorized individual from removing the locking ring, thereby preventing theft of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Adam Price
  • Publication number: 20230299546
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a header and a backing plate attachable thereto. The header includes a plug portion for connecting to a complementary mating connector, and a base having a plurality of mounting through holes for fixing the header to a mounting surface. The backing plate includes a plurality of mounting elements corresponding in location to the plurality of mounting holes of the header for fixing the backing plate to the header on an underside of the mounting surface, and a central opening corresponding in location to the plug portion of the header with the backing plate fixed to the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Canada ULC, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zoran Krnetic, David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Lindsey Gatesman, Adam Price Tyler, Praveen Kumar HM
  • Patent number: 11724345
    Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
  • Patent number: 11715453
    Abstract: Defining critical spacing is necessary for steering of parametric audio. Comparing steering measurements both with and without a waveguide leads to a conclusion that the diffuse phyllotactic grating lobe contributes audio and is to blame for poor steering. In addition, the waveguide needs to function with correct phase offsets to achieve the steering required for performance. Arranging tubes so that the array configuration changes from rectilinear to another distribution is useful when the waveguide is short of critical spacing or constrained for space. Array designs may also capitalize on rectilinear transducer design while having the benefits of a transducer tiling that has irrational spacing to promote the spread of grating lobe energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Ultraleap Limited
    Inventors: Brian Kappus, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Adam Price
  • Publication number: 20230116836
    Abstract: A charging inlet assembly includes a housing extending between a front and a rear. The housing has DC terminal channels and AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes AC terminals, include a proximity terminal and a ground terminal, received in the corresponding AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes DC terminals received in the corresponding DC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes a proximity resistor assembly having a plug body holding a resistor, a first resistor conductor and a second resistor conductor. The first resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the proximity terminal. The second resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Clara Marguerite Rhodes, Hurley Chester Moll, Aaron James de Chazal, Matthew Bryan Hitchcock, Nathan Philip Myer, Andrew Jacob Vasbinder, Adam Price Tyler, James Smith, John Mark Myer, Kevin John Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230066564
    Abstract: A header power connector includes a header housing assembly including an inner housing received in a cavity of an outer housing. The inner housing has upper and lower openings open to a terminal channel configured to receive busbars. The inner housing is movable relative to the outer housing to accommodate misalignment of the busbars in the terminal channel. A terminal is received in the terminal channel having a terminal base, an upper mating end and a lower mating end. The upper mating end includes an upper socket flanked by upper spring beams that receives the first busbar and the lower mating end includes a lower socket flanked by lower spring beams that receives the second busbar. The terminal is movable in the terminal channel to accommodate misalignment of the first busbar and the second busbar in the terminal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri, David James Rhein, Adam Price Tyler
  • Patent number: 11449221
    Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for a user interface for media content playback, such as during travel, are provided. An method of media playback by a media playback device, the method comprising: playing a media content item of a selected playlist of a selected group of playlists; generating a user interface displaying a graphic associated with the media content item that is playing; when an input associated with a first dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of the selected playlist; when an input associated with a second dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of another selected playlist of the selected group of playlists; and when an input associated with a third dimension is received into the user interface, playing another media content item of another selected playlist of another group of playlists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Sten Garmark, Adam Price, Daniel Choe
  • Publication number: 20220288730
    Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
  • Patent number: 11370073
    Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
  • Publication number: 20220161315
    Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
  • Patent number: 11340862
    Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for media content playback during travel are provided. An example method of generating a user interface for a media playback device. The method includes the step of displaying a first user interface screen in a first display format. The first display format including graphical representations of a plurality of selectable controls. The method also includes the step of determining that the media playback device is travelling and after determining that the media playback device is travelling, converting the first user interface screen to a second display format. The second display format includes fewer graphical representations of the plurality of selectable controls than the first display format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Sten Garmark, Fredrik Schmidt, Johan Oskarsson, Caroline Arkenson, Shervin Shoravi, Adam Price, Daniel Choe