Patents by Inventor Brian Andrew

Brian Andrew 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).

  • High-visibility status indicator
    Patent number: 9953772
    Abstract: A visual status indicator for an electrical apparatus is disclosed. The status indicator can be mounted within a lower cover of the electrical apparatus such that various display faces of the indicator are visible through one or more viewing windows of the lower cover. The status indicator can comprise a mounting base with protrusions and at least one wing, wherein the wing comprises at least one display face. At least one swing arm can be attached to the mounting base via the protrusions and the at least one swing arm can comprise at least one display face. The swing arm can be actuated such that either the display face on the wing or the display face on the swing arm is visible through the viewing window to indicate the status of the electrical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Korves, William Robert Luoma
  • Downhole under-reamer and associated methods
    Patent number: 9945184
    Abstract: A downhole under-reamer for use in reaming a downhole bore. The under-reamer comprises a body and a plurality of cutters mounted on the body. The cutters are mounted on the body so as to be extendable from a retracted position to at least two extended positions. The at least two extended positions comprise reaming positions at respective first and second reaming diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NOV Downhole Eurasia Limited
    Inventors: Brian Andrew McCarthy, Philip Graham Rodger
  • Meat Grinder with Storage Tray and Cover
    Publication number: 20180099289
    Abstract: A food grinder comprises a base housing a motor, a throat portion coupled to the base, a receiving tube coupled to the throat, a feeding tray coupled to an upper end of the receiving tube, a selectively rotatable auger selectively insertable into and removable from the throat portion, and a storage tray sized and shaped to be selectively insertable into and removable from the feeding tray. The storage tray comprises a main body having a plurality of depressions formed in a top surface thereof. Each depression is sized and shaped to hold one or more accessories for use with the food grinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Devin Lee Moore, Brian Andrew Wong-Shui, Timothy Richard Swiss
  • Dynamically guided user reviews
    Patent number: 9928534
    Abstract: Systems and associated processes for guiding users to provide more useful reviews are described. These systems and processes can provide guided reviews in certain embodiments by presenting questions to a user in the form of an interview. The questions can be relevant to the item being reviewed, and as such, may be specifically and dynamically selected based on the particular item under consideration. Many other criteria may be used to select the types of questions presented to users, examples of which will be described below. Presenting review questions to users can have the effect of reducing or eliminating the “blank page” effect of having to write a review from scratch, with no guidance. Accordingly, review questions can potentially elicit more thorough and useful feedback than existing review systems in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Johnson, Edward J. Walloga, Aaron P. Goldsmid, Laurent B. Vauthrin, Valerie Gong Bow Gee Lum, Scott R. Battaglia, Douglas V. O'Dell, III
  • SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR WASHING A BUILDING
    Publication number: 20180055299
    Abstract: A cleaning brush apparatus that is mountable onto a platform that is suitably suspended from a building for cleaning exterior and/or interior surfaces of the building. The cleaning brush apparatus includes a cleaning brush that is rotatable relative to the platform about a rotation axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the platform. The cleaning brush apparatus is mounted to the platform in a manner to define a walkway on the platform to the rear of the rotation axis that permits a human operator to walk on the platform behind the rotation axis and along at least a length of the cleaning brush apparatus. The cleaning brush apparatus may also be adjustably mounted on the platform to permit the cleaning brush apparatus to be adjusted in position on and relative to the platform in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Blake, Brian Andrews, Tom DeJong
  • MODULAR STORAGE RACK
    Publication number: 20180014641
    Abstract: There is provided a modular storage rack comprising flat panels each comprising one or more flat segments and cross panels each comprising one or more cross segments. Each flat segment comprises a slit extending partway through it. Each cross segment comprises: a first and a second planar portion each terminating in a first and second lip respectively. The first lip faces the second lip, and they define a slot for receiving the flat segment. Each cross segment also comprises an island joining the first planar portion to the second planar portion, the island disposed in the slot and between the first and second lips. The island is configured to be received in the slit. Each flat segment is matingly connected to a corresponding cross segment such that the flat segment is received in the corresponding slot and the corresponding island is received in the corresponding slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Brian Andrew Pollard
  • VASCULAR ACCESS CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20180008308
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a geometric adaptor apparatus for assisting with translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
  • Electronic devices and precursor articles
    Patent number: 9851823
    Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Leo Bauer, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
  • WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170363419
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for analyzing the alignment of at least one wheel of a vehicle using a non-contact locating system. Systems can include a tie rod with a three-dimensional target that is used by a non-contact measuring instrument to determine the position of the target in three dimensional space. The target may be pyramidal in shape. The position of the target may be indicative of a desired wheel alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Tarloff, Brian Andrew Homsangpradit
  • CHASSIS MONITORING SYSTEM HAVING OVERLOAD DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170334290
    Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for use with a rolling chassis of a vehicle. The monitoring system may include a tire sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a current tire condition of the rolling chassis, and a load sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of an actual load placed on the rolling chassis. The monitoring system may also include a controller in communication with the tire sensor and the load sensor. The controller may be configured to determine based on the first signal a theoretical load that the rolling chassis is capable of supporting given the current tire condition. The controller may also be configured to make a first comparison of the actual load with the theoretical load, and to selectively generate a first alert based on the first comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Faraday&Future Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew HOMSANGPRADIT, Benjamin Charles TARLOFF
  • High-Visibility Status Indicator
    Publication number: 20170287653
    Abstract: A visual status indicator for an electrical apparatus is disclosed. The status indicator can be mounted within a lower cover of the electrical apparatus such that various display faces of the indicator are visible through one or more viewing windows of the lower cover. The status indicator can comprise a mounting base with protrusions and at least one wing, wherein the wing comprises at least one display face. At least one swing arm can be attached to the mounting base via the protrusions and the at least one swing arm can comprise at least one display face. The swing arm can be actuated such that either the display face on the wing or the display face on the swing arm is visible through the viewing window to indicate the status of the electrical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Korves, William Robert Luoma
  • Integrated Voltage Sensor
    Publication number: 20170285074
    Abstract: A resistor assembly can include a resistor having a first end and a second end, and a conductive member, where the conductive member is coupled to the first end of the resistor. The resistor assembly can also include a shield cup and a housing, where the housing includes at least one housing wall having at least one aperture, and where the housing encloses at least a portion of the resistor and at least a portion of the shield cup. A volume of space between the at least one housing wall of the housing and the resistor can be substantially filled with an insulating material and at least the outside of the housing is substantially covered with the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: BRIAN ANDREW KORVES, WILLIAM ROBERT LUOMA, PAUL NEWCOMB STOVING, JOSEPH ALLEN CARMICHAEL
  • VASCULAR ACCESS CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20170281908
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
  • Stomper For Food Grinder
    Publication number: 20170274385
    Abstract: A stomper for a food grinder comprises a distal end adapted to push food into a receiving tube of a food grinder, a proximal handle end adapted for a user to grasp the stomper while pushing food into the receiving tube of the food grinder, an elongated shaft between the distal end and the proximal handle end, a channel defined in the proximal handle end, and a bayonet projecting from one or more internal walls of the channel. The bayonet is adapted to engage a protrusion on an auger of the food grinder to apply a pulling force to remove the auger from the food grinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Devin Lee Moore, Brian Andrew Wong-Shui
  • INTERMODAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20170274813
    Abstract: An intermodal container for transporting frac proppant, such as frac sand, and/or other types of granular material is disclosed. The intermodal container is designed to receive frac sand from a quarry or other frac sand supply source. Once the container is filled with material, the container is loaded onto a transportation device and transported to a well site. Once received at the well site, the containers can be stacked and the frac sand stored until needed. Once the frac sand is needed, the containers are placed on a base unit and the container discharges its contents onto a conveying system formed as part of the base unit. The conveying system directs the frac sand to a blending location. The empty intermodal containers can be removed from the base unit and loaded onto a transportation device to be refilled at a mine site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Eiden, III, Brian Andrew Hunter, Mathew Carley, Timothy Stefan, Mark D'Agostino, Scott D'Agostino
  • Modular switchgear insulation device
    Patent number: D800667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Newcomb Stoving, Robert Raymond Schuetz, Rose Ellen Weisburgh, William Robert Luoma, Joseph Allen Carmichael, Brian Andrew Korves, Laurence James Geist
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D801369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a set of graphical user interfaces
    Patent number: D804523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Britt Nelson, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Wan Si Wan
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D809543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D813892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson