Patents by Inventor Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs 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: 11963745Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wellness tracking device with a base plate that may be utilized as a combination electrode by a variety of sensors. The base plate may be a multi-material electrode that includes a conductor and a transparent or semi-transparent material to enable optical sensing. In certain embodiments, the base plate supports a plurality of different sensors, which may selectively utilize the base plate as an electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FITBIT, INC.Inventors: Jens Mitchell Nielsen, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Kyung Nim Noh, Man-Chi Liu, Alan Luu, Peter Colin Dess, Lindsey Michelle Sunden, Lukas Bielskis, Thomas Consolazio, Steven Thomas Woodward, Dennis Jacob McCray
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Publication number: 20230050257Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: PETER ALAN JACOBS, CHAD JOHN KUGLER, MATTHEW JONATHAN OLSON, ROSS ARLEN OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON
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Patent number: 11510663Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
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Patent number: 11489390Abstract: A stator assembly includes an annular body extending about a central axis and a plurality of stator teeth extending axially from the annular body and spaced circumferentially about the annular body. The stator assembly includes at least one conduction coil and at least one bobbin configured to support the at least one conduction coil. The at least one bobbin is coupled to a first stator tooth such that the at least one conduction coil extends about the first stator tooth. The stator assembly further includes at least one insulation member configured to couple to a second stator tooth and extend into a slot between the second stator tooth and the at least one conduction coil. The at least one insulation member includes an end wall configured to cover the distal end of the second stator tooth when the at least one insulation member is coupled to the second stator tooth.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Aaron Henry, Shirish Vatkar, Paul Nathanael Selking, Alan Jacob Manz, Don James Bray
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Patent number: 11431210Abstract: A lamination for use in an electric machine stator includes a body having a generally circular outer periphery and a generally circular inner periphery, spaced from the outer periphery and a plurality of spaced apart teeth extending inwardly from the circular inner periphery. Each of said teeth define opposed inner edges thereof. The lamination includes a first pair of tips extending tangentially in opposed directions from the inner edge of one of said teeth and a second pair of tips extending tangentially in opposed directions from the inner edges of another one of said teeth. A tip of the first pair of tips and a tip of the second pair of tips define a first configuration having a first gap therebetween and defining a second configuration having a second gap therebetween. The first gap being substantially less than the second gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Alan Jacob Manz, Kamron Mark Wright, John Sheldon Wagley, Lester Benjamin Manz
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Publication number: 20220156472Abstract: A tracking system includes a hub coupled to a client device, such as a computer or mobile phone, and one or more tags configured to wirelessly communicate with the hub. The hub includes a web server and a radio frequency transceiver. A browser executing on the client device exchanges data with the web server included in the hub, allowing location of the one or more tags via the client device without installation of a dedicated application on the client device for communicating with the hub or with the one or more tags. Additionally, the client device may communicate with a remote server via a network to communicate with additional tags via the browser executing on the client device. The hub transmits an activation request to the one or more tags via near field communication, radio frequency communication, or another suitable wireless communication method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Alan Jacobs, Jennifer Jacobs, Prashant Mandawdhare
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Publication number: 20210307752Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROSS A. OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON, PETER ALAN JACOBS
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Patent number: 11065002Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Matthew J. Olson, Ross A. Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
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Publication number: 20210170225Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a device for use in exercising and strengthening the body of a user, particularly the user's abdominal and core region. The device comprises a support member that is operably joined to a connector. The support member includes a main body that is planar in design, and a lip that includes one or more elements for providing a releasable pairing to the connector. The support member is positioned between two surfaces (such as a mattress and a box spring) to anchor the device in place. The connector secures a user's legs in position so that sit-ups or other exercises can be performed, e.g., while the user is sitting or lying in bed. The device therefore enables a wide variety of users to perform sit-ups and various other exercises with less effort and less stress on the body compared to prior art devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventor: Eric Alan Jacobs
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Patent number: 10916987Abstract: An electric motor with a stator includes a first plurality of coils and a plurality of first electrical connectors. Each of the coils of the first plurality of coils are connected to at least one of the plurality of first electrical connectors. The stator also includes a first guide on a first end of the motor for guiding each of the first electrical connectors. The stator also includes a second plurality of coils. Each of the coils of the second plurality coils is connected to at least one of a plurality of second electrical connectors. The stator also includes a second guide on a opposed second end of the motor positioned at least partially over the second end face of the stator. The second guide guides each of the second electrical connectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Alan Jacob Manz
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Patent number: 10819178Abstract: An insulation member for a stator assembly includes a first portion configured to couple to a first stator tooth and a second portion movably coupled to the first portion. The insulation member has a first configuration and a second configuration. The second portion is configured to move relative to the first portion when the insulation member moves between the first configuration and the second configuration. The second portion is configured to extend adjacent a second stator tooth when the first portion is coupled to the first stator tooth and the insulation member is in the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Joseph Aaron Henry, Shirish Vatkar, Alan Jacob Manz, Don James Bray, Steven Wilfred Post, Paul Nathanael Selking
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Patent number: 10818427Abstract: A bobbin assembly for use in a stator assembly for a motor assembly having an axis of rotation is provided. The bobbin assembly includes a conductor coil comprising a radially inner end and a radially outer end. The bobbin assembly also includes a bobbin including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the conductor coil is coupled about the body portion. The bobbin also includes a first flange coupled to the first end, a second flange coupled to the second end, and an extension tab formed on one of the first flange or the second flange. The extension tab extends radially beyond one of the radially inner end or radially outer end of the conductor coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Alan Jacob Manz, Joseph Aaron Henry
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Publication number: 20200136453Abstract: An electric motor with a stator includes a first plurality of coils and a plurality of first electrical connectors. Each of the coils of the first plurality of coils are connected to at least one of the plurality of first electrical connectors. The stator also includes a first guide on a first end of the motor for guiding each of the first electrical connectors. The stator also includes a second plurality of coils. Each of the coils of the second plurality coils is connected to at least one of a plurality of second electrical connectors. The stator also includes a second guide on a opposed second end of the motor positioned at least partially over the second end face of the stator. The second guide guides each of the second electrical connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Alan Jacob Manz
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Publication number: 20200063748Abstract: A centrifugal blower assembly with reduced recirculation losses includes a housing defining an interior space and at least one inlet ring coupled to the housing to define an inlet into the interior space. The centrifugal blower assembly also includes an impeller configured to rotate about an axis to channel an airflow through the inlet and within the interior space. The impeller includes a plurality of blades that each include a notch formed therein, wherein the notch is radially aligned with the at least one inlet ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Alan Jacob Manz, Steven W. Post
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Patent number: 10568813Abstract: A pill feeder accepts a quantity of pills and organizes the pills into a single file where each pill is output in a controlled orientation at a controlled rate. The apparatus includes a moving surface, such as a rotating disk, to receive and move pills past one or more gates that separate and orient groups of pills into a single file. The gates can start at a closed position and open until a pill has passed the gate. In one embodiment, a mixer counter-rotates relative to the rotating disk to prevent jams of the pills. The single file of pills is then guided out to an exit chute via an exit path. An alternative exit path provides an alternative route via which the pills exit the pill feeder. Multiple sensors can control the movement of the gates and the rate at which the pills exit the pill feeder.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: PerceptiMed, Inc.Inventors: Alan Jacobs, Brandon Loeb, Robert Peikin
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Publication number: 20200044498Abstract: A lamination for use in an electric machine stator includes a body having a generally circular outer periphery and a generally circular inner periphery, spaced from the outer periphery and a plurality of spaced apart teeth extending inwardly from the circular inner periphery. Each of said teeth define opposed inner edges thereof. The lamination includes a first pair of tips extending tangentially in opposed directions from the inner edge of one of said teeth and a second pair of tips extending tangentially in opposed directions from the inner edges of another one of said teeth. A tip of the first pair of tips and a tip of the second pair of tips define a first configuration having a first gap therebetween and defining a second configuration having a second gap therebetween. The first gap being substantially less than the second gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Alan Jacob Manz, Kamron Mark Wright, John Sheldon Wagley, Lester Benjamin Manz
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Publication number: 20200008790Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
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Patent number: 10500131Abstract: A speed sensor determines the velocity of an object. A first detector detects light emitted by a first emitter. The first detector includes multiple photodetectors connected in series. The photodetectors produce a current that is proportional to the amount of light incident to the photodetector. The first detector additionally includes a current-to-voltage converter and a threshold detector. The current-to-voltage converter converts the current produced by the photodetectors into a voltage and the threshold detector compares the voltage generated by the current-to-voltage converter with a threshold voltage. When an object passes in between the emitter and any of the photodetectors, the light incident to the photodetector is at least partially blocked, reducing the current produced by the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PerceptiMed, Inc.Inventor: Alan Jacobs
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Patent number: 10467477Abstract: A pill identification system identifies a pill type for a pharmaceutical composition from images of the pharmaceutical composition. The system extracts features from images taken of the pill. The features extracted from the pill image include color, size, shape, and surface features of the pill. In particular, the features include rotation-independent surface features of the pill that enable the pill to be identified from a variety of orientations when the images are taken. The feature vectors are applied to a classifier that determines a pill identification for each image. The pill identification for each image is scored to determine identification for the pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: PerceptiMed, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Gershtein, Alan Jacobs, Alexander Gebala
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Patent number: 10448940Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson