Patents by Inventor Arthur James

Arthur James 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: 12338683
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Defender Screens International, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Patent number: 12180786
    Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a retractable screen system is provided. The system includes a roller tube having an exterior surface. A screen is connected to the roller tube and an upper edge of the screen. The screen rolls up around the exterior surface of the roller tube when the roller tube is rotated in a first direction, thereby retracting the screen, and unroll the screen from roller tube when the roller tube is rotated the opposite direction, thereby deploying the screen. In one or more arrangements, the retractable screen system has a roller tube that may be adjusted in length, circumference, and/or shape of the roller edge, for example, to help prevent or mitigate undesirable artifacts that may otherwise become visible stretching of screen material, wrinkling/creasing of screen material, sagging of a roller tube, uneven weight distribution or tension, and/or, bunching of screen materials on a roller tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Defender Screens International LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20240368939
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Joseph Gross
  • Publication number: 20240247544
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Patent number: 11982125
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DEFENDER SCREENS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20230349231
    Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a retractable screen system is provided. The system includes a roller tube having an exterior surface. A screen is connected to the roller tube and an upper edge of the screen. The system includes magnetic track assemblies having screen receivers configured to connect with and hold sides of the screen while permitting the screen to be raised and lowered. The magnetic track assemblies include tracks configured to attached to a structure and receive and hold the screen receivers in a channel between first and second side walls of the track. Magnetic attraction between the screen receivers and the tracks pulls screen receivers into the tracks and places tension on the screen. In one or more arrangements, the system includes retainers configured to connect with the first and second side walls of the track and prevent the screen receiver from coming out of the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur James, Ryan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 11530573
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DEFENDER SCREENS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20220349252
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Patent number: 11421474
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DEFENDER SCREENS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20210262284
    Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a retractable screen system is provided. The system includes a roller tube having an exterior surface. A screen is connected to the roller tube and an upper edge of the screen. The screen rolls up around the exterior surface of the roller tube when the roller tube is rotated in a first direction, thereby retracting the screen, and unroll the screen from roller tube when the roller tube is rotated the opposite direction, thereby deploying the screen. In one or more arrangements, the retractable screen system has a roller tube that may be adjusted in length, circumference, and/or shape of the roller edge, for example, to help prevent or mitigate undesirable artifacts that may otherwise become visible stretching of screen material, wrinkling/creasing of screen material, sagging of a roller tube, uneven weight distribution or tension, and/or, bunching of screen materials on a roller tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20210172248
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Patent number: 10927597
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DEFENDER SCREENS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20200413255
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, systems, and devices for user authentication in radio frequency environments. In one aspect, an access point (AP) may collect channel information from a station (STA) in a mesh network, and receive, from a cloud platform, a user profile including a fingerprint of the STA and fingerprint of a user associated with the STA based on the collected channel information. The AP may determine a profile of wireless traffic from the STA in the mesh network and identify the STA and the user associated with the STA based on comparing the user profile to the profile of the wireless traffic. As a result, the AP may authenticate the STA and the user associated with the STA based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur James, Srdjan Miocinovic
  • Publication number: 20200386047
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Patent number: 10358142
    Abstract: A method for providing safe-driving support of a vehicle includes obtaining occupant data and vehicle data received at a vehicle hub. The occupant data is related to an identity and health status of an occupant and the vehicle data is related to a status of the vehicle. The method also includes obtaining action data based on an application of the occupant data and vehicle data to a machine learning safe-driving model. The machine learning safe-driving model is associated with a user profile of the occupant that is identified from among a plurality of user profiles based on the occupant data. A server maintains a plurality of user profiles, each having a respective machine learning safe-driving model. The action data relates to an action to be performed by the vehicle while the occupant is located in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Hobert Joe, Arthur James, Srdjan Miocinovic, Sandipan Kundu
  • Publication number: 20180313149
    Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
  • Publication number: 20180265095
    Abstract: A method for providing safe-driving support of a vehicle includes obtaining occupant data and vehicle data received at a vehicle hub. The occupant data is related to an identity and health status of an occupant and the vehicle data is related to a status of the vehicle. The method also includes obtaining action data based on an application of the occupant data and vehicle data to a machine learning safe-driving model. The machine learning safe-driving model is associated with a user profile of the occupant that is identified from among a plurality of user profiles based on the occupant data. A server maintains a plurality of user profiles, each having a respective machine learning safe-driving model. The action data relates to an action to be performed by the vehicle while the occupant is located in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Hobert JOE, Arthur JAMES, Srdjan MIOCINOVIC, Sandipan KUNDU
  • Patent number: D1080921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Defender Screens International, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Ryan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: D1080922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Defender Screens International, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Ryan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: D1100644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: DEFENDER SCREENS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur James, Ryan Fitzgerald