Patents by Inventor Brandon Johnson

Brandon Johnson 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: 11958244
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a plurality of rails, a plurality of head manipulating mechanisms respectively coupled to the rails, and a plurality of automated fiber placement (AFP) heads respectively coupled to the head manipulating mechanisms. The rails are arranged around a barrel-shaped layup tool, and each rail is parallel to a tool axis. Each head manipulating mechanism moves along a rail. The head manipulating mechanisms position the AFP heads in circumferential relation to each other about a tool surface of the layup tool. A total quantity of AFP heads comprises the maximum number of AFP heads that can be circumferentially arranged in longitudinal alignment with each other on the layup tool without interfering with each other while applying layup material over the tool when the layup tool is stationary and during rotation about the tool axis, to thereby fabricate a green state layup having a barrel shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Brice A. Johnson, Brandon Gorang
  • Publication number: 20230419852
    Abstract: A portable tactical shooting barricade consisting of cut-out caps over existing cut-outs of the detachable barricade portion of the PTSB (U.S. Pat. No. 10,825,349 b2) to facilitate ballistic breach shooting exercises. A portable tactical shooting barricade with cut-out ports that can be optionally covered by cut-out caps. A portable tactical shooting barricade consisting of shape-matching cut-out caps anchored in place by magnets willfully milled at matching points both in the detachable barricade and the cut-out caps. A portable shooting barricade in which said cut-out caps simulate doors, windows or similar structures so that disengaging these cut-out caps enable the shooter to intentionally engage a target downrange through the existing cut-out previously covered by said cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Franz Alberto Johnson, Charles Brandon Johnson, Alberth Alanzo Johnson, Fareda Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230316217
    Abstract: Methods and systems for tracking freight and certifying the freight. The methods and systems include producing a blockchain ledger having individual blocks comprising special and temporal data of the freight. The individual nodes in the ledger enter information about the freight so that the authenticity of the freight and the transportation conditions can be verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: VESSEY LLC
    Inventors: BRANDON JOHNSON, JARED WALLACE, TIM LEONARD, JOE HARVEY, CHRIS TRANEL
  • Publication number: 20230255276
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of hydration and cooling devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cooling garment device, further comprised of a water reservoir and at least one drinking straw. The garment is preferably manufactured from a breathable, moisture wicking, fabric base layer that cools a wearer. The straw can further be easily accessed while wearing the garment to allow a wearer to drink water or other liquid that is stored within the water reservoir. In addition, a wearer can also release water from the straw and/or reservoir into the base layer of the garment to further cool oneself. Furthermore, the garment may have a thermometer that reads the internal body temperature of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Brandon Johnson
  • Patent number: 11633040
    Abstract: A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories. Different accessory interfaces may be fixed to different base components, and different accessories may be releasably engaged by different, or the same accessory interfaces. The same accessories may be engaged by different accessory interfaces. The base components and accessories may be reconfigured to define different workspaces. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the workspaces are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, Justin G. Beitzel, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Robert Jeffers
  • Patent number: 11181132
    Abstract: Apparatuses for flowing multiple fluids in a single channel while substantially maintaining fluid separation are disclosed. In one configuration, the apparatus includes a first internal surface portion with an affinity to a first fluid and a second internal surface portion with an affinity to a second fluid. In another configuration, the apparatus includes a first fluid channel portion, a second fluid channel portion wrapped helically around the first fluid channel portion, and an opening therebetween. Also disclosed is an apparatus for maintaining substantially even fluid flow in fluid pathways having a first flow resistor portion, a second flow resistor portion, and a fluid channel therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Vivonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Galea, Joseph Beuford Parse, Kylie Stengel, Kristen LeRoy, Minh Duong, Samuel Harrington Warner, Andrew Evan Kamholz, Brandon Johnson
  • Patent number: 11133002
    Abstract: Systems and methods of real-time vehicle-based analytics are provided herein. An example method includes collecting at least one of images, video, or audio of a user when operating a vehicle; analyzing the at least one of the images, video, or audio to determine an emotion or sentiment of the user when interacting with one or more features of the vehicle; identifying user actions that precede a point in time where the emotion or sentiment of the user was detected, wherein the user actions relate to the one or more vehicle features; classifying at least one of the user actions and the one or more vehicle features with the emotion or sentiment; and storing the user actions, the one or more vehicle features, and the emotion or sentiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Miller, Karl Nathan Clark, Brandon Johnson, Vijayababu Jayaraman
  • Publication number: 20210282551
    Abstract: A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories. Different accessory interfaces may be fixed to different base components, and different accessories may be releasably engaged by different, or the same accessory interfaces. The same accessories may be engaged by different accessory interfaces. The base components and accessories may be reconfigured to define different workspaces. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the workspaces are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, Justin G. Beitzel, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Robert Jeffers
  • Patent number: 11052149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a) a polyacetal polymer, a polyester polymer and/or a biodegradable polymer; b) a cyclic dinucleotide; and c) an antigen and/or an antibody, as well as methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Robert Junkins, Brandon Johnson, Kristy Ainslie, Eric Bachelder, Matthew Gallovic, Michael Collier, Ning Cheng
  • Patent number: 10973321
    Abstract: A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories. Different accessory interfaces may be fixed to different base components, and different accessories may be releasably engaged by different, or the same accessory interfaces. The same accessories may be engaged by different accessory interfaces. The base components and accessories may be reconfigured to define different workspaces. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the workspaces are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Allen, Charles Beasley, William Bennie, Justin G. Beitzel, Antonio Caballero, Rachel Dekker, Sean M. Derrick, Kristi Hooper, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Alban Moriniere, Jessica Napper, Eric A. Otto, Penghao Shan, Thomas Siffer
  • Publication number: 20200227036
    Abstract: Systems and methods of real-time vehicle-based analytics are provided herein. An example method includes collecting at least one of images, video, or audio of a user when operating a vehicle; analyzing the at least one of the images, video, or audio to determine an emotion or sentiment of the user when interacting with one or more features of the vehicle; identifying user actions that precede a point in time where the emotion or sentiment of the user was detected, wherein the user actions relate to the one or more vehicle features; classifying at least one of the user actions and the one or more vehicle features with the emotion or sentiment; and storing the user actions, the one or more vehicle features, and the emotion or sentiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Miller, Karl Nathan Clark, Brandon Johnson, Vijayababu Jayaraman
  • Publication number: 20200069052
    Abstract: A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories. Different accessory interfaces may be fixed to different base components, and different accessories may be releasably engaged by different, or the same accessory interfaces. The same accessories may be engaged by different accessory interfaces. The base components and accessories may be reconfigured to define different workspaces. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the workspaces are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Allen, Charles Beasley, William Bennie, Justin G. Beitzel, Antonio Caballero, Rachel Dekker, Sean M. Derrick, Kristi Hooper, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Alban Moriniere, Jessica Napper, Eric A. Otto, Penghao Shan, Thomas Siffer
  • Patent number: 10496088
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for the measurement, collection, and analysis of radio signals are provided. A transport host device, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, can transport a scanning device into desired locations for autonomously collecting radio data for a wireless network, thereby enabling the rapid interrogation and optimization the wireless network, including in locations and spatial areas where previously known systems and methods have been impractical or impossible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PC-TEL, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, James Zik, Atsushi Satoh, Buchanan Blake, Martin H. Singer
  • Patent number: 10471964
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting motor vehicle use, driving behavior or motor vehicle use and driving behavior data using a Bluetooth® low energy (“BLE”) device and a mobile communication device (“MCD”). One embodiment can automatically turn on the MCD Global Positioning System location services (“GPS”) and start the collection of such data when the MCD user is in a predetermined proximity of the motor vehicle and the vehicle is in motion as well as automatically turn off the GPS and stop data collection when the MCD is not in a predetermined proximity to the motor vehicle and BLE device and the motor vehicle stops moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: WPJ HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Jon Brandon Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190331145
    Abstract: Apparatuses for flowing multiple fluids in a single channel while substantially maintaining fluid separation are disclosed. In one configuration, the apparatus includes a first internal surface portion with an affinity to a first fluid and a second internal surface portion with an affinity to a second fluid. In another configuration, the apparatus includes a first fluid channel portion, a second fluid channel portion wrapped helically around the first fluid channel portion, and an opening therebetween. Also disclosed is an apparatus for maintaining substantially even fluid flow in fluid pathways having a first flow resistor portion, a second flow resistor portion, and a fluid channel therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Anna GALEA, Joseph Beuford Parse, Kylie Stengel, Kristen LeRoy, Minh Duong, Samuel Harrington Warner, Andrew Evan Kamholz, Brandon Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190275144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a) a polyacetal polymer, a polyester polymer and/or a biodegradable polymer; b) a cyclic dinucleotide; and c) an antigen and/or an antibody, as well as methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Robert Junkins, Brandon Johnson, Kristy Ainslie, Eric Bachelder, Matthew Gallovic, Michael Collier, Ning Cheng
  • Patent number: D889885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D900509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D910356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D996109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Johnson, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie