Patents by Inventor Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller 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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Publication number: 20160139698Abstract: A dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Micah Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Curtis Ray, Michael Hammersley, Brandon Miller, Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Ron Menigoz, David Krevor, Jonathan Jenkins
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Patent number: 9308838Abstract: A base for a safety seat and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The base may have a shell defining a cavity therein with a locking assembly disposed within the cavity. The base may further include one or more straps having a first end and a second end extending through the locking assembly releasably engaging the straps with the first and second ends being disposed on opposing sides of the locking assembly. The straps may define a first portion extending from a connector to the locking assembly and a second portion extending from the locking assembly to the second ends. A tensioning assembly may be provided to apply a tension to the second portions. The one or more straps may include two straps configured to be accessed by a user parallel to a centerline of the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.Inventors: Brandon Miller, Brian Allen, Grant Mason, William Doolan, Michael Starkey
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Publication number: 20160068083Abstract: A base for a safety seat and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The base may have a shell defining a cavity therein with a locking assembly disposed within the cavity. The base may further include one or more straps having a first end and a second end extending through the locking assembly releasably engaging the straps with the first and second ends being disposed on opposing sides of the locking assembly. The straps may define a first portion extending from a connector to the locking assembly and a second portion extending from the locking assembly to the second ends. A tensioning assembly may be provided to apply a tension to the second portions. The one or more straps may include two straps configured to be accessed by a user parallel to a centerline of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Brandon Miller, Brian Allen, Grant Mason, William Doolan, Michael Starkey
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Patent number: 9280224Abstract: A dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Micah B Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Curtis Ray, Michael Hammersley, Brandon Miller, Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Ron Menigoz, David Krevor, Jonathan Jenkins
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Patent number: 9228832Abstract: A level includes a first planar surface having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge and a second planar surface having a third longitudinal edge and a fourth longitudinal edge. The first longitudinal edge and the third longitudinal edge define a first side plane and the second longitudinal edge and the fourth longitudinal edge define a second side plane. A vial has a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble. A web is coupled to the first and second planar surfaces such that the first and second planar surfaces are spaced apart from and parallel to each other. The web includes a first side surface on the first plane and a second side surface. A first recess pattern is arranged to engage a first electrical component and a second recess pattern is arranged to engage a second electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade F. Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael W. Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Publication number: 20150293591Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Micah B Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Curtis Ray, Michael Hammersley, Brandon Miller, Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Ron Menigoz, David Krevor, Jonathan Jenkins
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Publication number: 20140166516Abstract: A tool storage device and a tool box. The device may include flexible walls cooperating to define a storage area, and a rigid frame supported in the storage area and including a central portion extending in a direction from a bottom wall toward a top wall, one base portion extending from one side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward one side wall, and another base portion extending from an opposite side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward an opposite side wall. The tool box may include a body defining a storage compartment; a lid defining a groove in its outer surface to support an elongated work piece; and a handle engageable with a work piece supported in the groove. The lid may be attachable to the top of the body in a closed position and to the bottom in a stowed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Mark R. Martinez, Joel Allen, Brandon Miller, Whitney M. Moks, Christopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma, Michael S. Steele, Steven G. Melnyk, Wade F. Burch, Matthew W. Naiva, Eric Mackey
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Publication number: 20140132532Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Micah B Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Curtis Ray, Michael Hammersley, Brandon Miller, Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Ron Menigoz, David Krevor, Jonathan Jenkins
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Patent number: 8631584Abstract: A level for indicating the orientation of a surface includes a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a web coupled to the first planar surface and the second planar surface such that the first planar surface is spaced apart from and is parallel to the second planar surface. A vial defines a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble. The vial is coupled to the web such that the long axis is substantially parallel to the first planar surface. A tube deburring portion is coupled to the web and includes a male conical portion arranged to deburr an inner edge of a tube and a female conical portion arranged to deburr an outer edge of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade F. Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael W. Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Publication number: 20130269196Abstract: A level includes a first planar surface having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge and a second planar surface having a third longitudinal edge and a fourth longitudinal edge. The first longitudinal edge and the third longitudinal edge define a first side plane and the second longitudinal edge and the fourth longitudinal edge define a second side plane. A vial has a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble. A web is coupled to the first and second planar surfaces such that the first and second planar surfaces are spaced apart from and parallel to each other. The web includes a first side surface on the first plane and a second side surface. A first recess pattern is arranged to engage a first electrical component and a second recess pattern is arranged to engage a second electrical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade F. Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael W. Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 8361114Abstract: A method of preparing a suture in a suture anchor having a bone engaging section and a suture engaging section is provided. The suture is passed through a first suture passage section from a proximal end of the suture engaging section in a direction that diverges from a bone engaging axis and out of the suture engaging section through a first suture portal. The suture is passed from the first suture portal through the second suture portal. The suture is then passed from the second suture portal in a direction that converges toward the bone engaging axis through the third closed suture passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLCInventors: Kevin T. Stone, Troy M. Walters, Brandon Miller, Ryan A. Kaiser
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Patent number: 8336221Abstract: A level for indicating the orientation of each of a surface, a first electrical device, or a second electrical device, the level including a first planar surface, a second planar surface, a web, and a vial. The web is coupled to the first planar surface and the second planar surface such that the first planar surface is spaced apart from and is parallel to the second planar surface. The vial has a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble and is coupled to the web such that the long axis is substantially parallel to the first planar surface. A first perimeter is formed as part of the web, shaped substantially the same as a portion of the first electrical device, and sized to engage the portion of the first electrical device such that the vial is operable to indicate the orientation of the first electrical device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 8163184Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Biomet Biologics, LLCInventors: Michael D. Leach, Jennifer E. Woodell-May, Joel C. Higgins, Brandon Miller
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Publication number: 20120000019Abstract: A pliers that includes a first member and a second member pivotally coupled to the first member. The pliers includes a head, a handle, a first end defining a nose of the head portion, and a second end, opposite the first end, defined by the handle of the pliers. Ridges are disposed on the first and the second members adjacent the nose and together define a grip of the pliers. Sharp edges of the first and second members are adjacent the ridges and between the ridges and the second end of the pliers and together define a cutter of the pliers. An aperture extends through the first member adjacent a pivot and between the pivot and the second end of the pliers, and the threaded aperture and the second member define a threaded fastener cutter of the pliers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael W. Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 8048321Abstract: An apparatus that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Biomet Biologics, LLCInventors: Michael D. Leach, Jennifer E. Woodell-May, Joel C. Higgins, Brandon Miller
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Publication number: 20110168193Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Biomet Biologics, LLCInventors: Michael Leach, Jennifer E. Woodell-May, Joel C. Higgins, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 7954646Abstract: An apparatus that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Biomet Biologics, LLCInventors: Michael D. Leach, Jennifer E. Woodell-May, Joel C. Higgins, Brandon Miller
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Publication number: 20110119941Abstract: A level for indicating the orientation of each of a surface, a first electrical device, or a second electrical device, the level including a first planar surface, a second planar surface, a web, and a vial. The web is coupled to the first planar surface and the second planar surface such that the first planar surface is spaced apart from and is parallel to the second planar surface. The vial has a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble and is coupled to the web such that the long axis is substantially parallel to the first planar surface. A first perimeter is formed as part of the web, shaped substantially the same as a portion of the first electrical device, and sized to engage the portion of the first electrical device such that the vial is operable to indicate the orientation of the first electrical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Michael S. Steele, Wade Burch, Timothy Albrecht, Michael Phillips, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: 7914689Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Biomet Biologics, LLCInventors: Joel C. Higgins, Michael D. Leach, Jennifer E. Woodell-May, Brandon Miller
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Patent number: D657701Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Mark R. Martinez, Joel Allen, Brandon Miller