Patents by Inventor Brian Stevens

Brian Stevens 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).

  • Publication number: 20250376224
    Abstract: A cargo support includes: a tray; tray rails fastened to the tray and extending longitudinally and parallel to each other; and a base frame that includes base rails that extend longitudinally and parallel to each other. The rails are slidable relative to one another for sliding the tray longitudinally relative to the base frame in an expansion direction transitioning the cargo support from a retracted state of the cargo support to expanded states, and in a retraction direction transitioning the cargo support from the expanded states to the retracted state. The tray has a handle at a tailgate end including a control of a latch for locking in one of the states. Rollers supporting the tray rails have differently sized grooves. Different pairs of bores at different coordinates are provided for variable installation heights of the rollers. A stiffener is used for cargo supports rated for having higher weight ratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Stevens, Jordan Daniel Lanning, Dan Giddings, Spencer Robert Dahl, William Banta
  • Patent number: 11648383
    Abstract: Break-away connectors are disclosed. The break-away connectors may be configured to be coupled in at least two configurations, for example, a high force configuration and a low force configuration. The break-away connectors may also be incrementally adjustable between the high force configuration and the low force configuration. The break-away connectors may be coupled to a first medical device and a second medical device. Methods of using and/or coupling the break-away connectors are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Hallisey, Jim Mottola, Brian Stevens
  • Publication number: 20210101535
    Abstract: A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Williams, Brad Harrell, James Wilson, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 10882456
    Abstract: A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CurrentWrx, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Williams, Brad Harrell, James Wilson, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 10842973
    Abstract: An inflation device including a handle mechanism configured to selectively engage and disengage threads within the device. In some instances the threads are configured to couple a plunger to a syringe body. The handle mechanism may be configured to (1) provide a mechanical advantage and (2) change the location and direction of the input force, thereby making the device easier to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Brian Stevens, William Padilla, Gregory R. McArthur
  • Patent number: 10814793
    Abstract: A roof-top rail system has a fixed frame mountable to the roof of a vehicle and a moveable frame mounted to the fixed frame. Bearings attached to the frames may engage channels formed in rails of the other frame in a manner such that as the moveable frame slides backward relative to the fixed frame, the moveable frame extends from the back side of the fixed frame. Simultaneously, a back end of the moveable frame rotates down as it extends from the fixed frame to improve access to cargo securing features of the moveable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Currentwrx, LLC
    Inventors: Brad Harrell, Patrick Williams, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 10792465
    Abstract: Hub assemblies that include a first hub and a second hub can be used to selectively couple and uncouple medical device components to and from each other without rotating the first hub relative to the second hub. Some hub assemblies can include a dilator that includes a dilator hub and an introducer sheath that includes an introducer sheath hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lampropoulos, Brian Stevens, Richard Jenkins, Gregory R. McArthur
  • Publication number: 20200261710
    Abstract: Break-away connectors are disclosed. The break-away connectors may be configured to be coupled in at least two configurations, for example, a high force configuration and a low force configuration. The break-away connectors may also be incrementally adjustable between the high force configuration and the low force configuration. The break-away connectors may be coupled to a first medical device and a second medical device. Methods of using and/or coupling the break-away connectors are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Denise Hallisey, Jim Mottola, Brian Stevens
  • Publication number: 20200086802
    Abstract: A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: CurrentWrx, LLC DBA Cargoglide
    Inventors: Patrick Williams, Brad Harrell, James Wilson, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 10569073
    Abstract: Break-away connectors are disclosed. The break-away connectors may be configured to be coupled in at least two configurations, for example, a high force configuration and a low force configuration. The break-away connectors may also be incrementally adjustable between the high force configuration and the low force configuration. The break-away connectors may be coupled to a first medical device and a second medical device. Methods of using and/or coupling the break-away connectors are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Hallisey, Jim Mottola, Brian Stevens
  • Patent number: 10428754
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a product including an inline diagnostic device connected to a control status line at a position between an electronic control unit (ECU) and a turbocharger component actuator, the inline diagnostic device being constructed and arranged to intercept data being transmitted from the actuator to the ECU, and to process the data intercepted from the actuator to determine whether the components are binding or sticking, and to transmit a signal indicating that the components are binding or sticking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Kennedy, Sean Hastings, Evan Lucas, Brian Stevens
  • Patent number: 10414342
    Abstract: A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Currentwrx, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Williams, Brad Harrell, James Wilson, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190217068
    Abstract: An inflation device that may comprise multiple plungers is disclosed. The inflation device may have multiple configurations wherein certain plungers are locked with respect to a body of the inflation device while others are configured to be displaceable within the body. Each plunger may be configured with a different effective surface area, allowing a practitioner to vary the amount of force required to attain certain pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Stevens, William Padilla, Steven Weir
  • Patent number: 10297125
    Abstract: Described is a dynamic emergency exit sign comprising one or more pictograms and at least one light source for accentuating one or more of the one or more pictograms either singly or in combination, wherein at least one light source is controlled by signals from evacuation computer modelling software to assist occupants egress in emergency or other critical situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: EVACLITE LTD
    Inventors: Bernard Mc Donagh, Brian Stevens
  • Publication number: 20190126838
    Abstract: A roof-top rail system has a fixed frame mountable to the roof of a vehicle and a moveable frame mounted to the fixed frame. Bearings attached to the frames may engage channels formed in rails of the other frame in a manner such that as the moveable frame slides backward relative to the fixed frame, the moveable frame extends from the back side of the fixed frame. Simultaneously, a back end of the moveable frame rotates down as it extends from the fixed frame to improve access to cargo securing features of the moveable frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Brad Harrell, Patrick Williams, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 10238843
    Abstract: An inflation device that may comprise multiple plungers is disclosed. The inflation device may have multiple configurations wherein certain plungers are locked with respect to a body of the inflation device while others are configured to be displaceable within the body. Each plunger may be configured with a different effective surface area, allowing a practitioner to vary the amount of force required to attain certain pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stevens, William Padilla, Steven Weir
  • Publication number: 20180236942
    Abstract: A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: CurrentWrx, LLC DBA Cargoglide
    Inventors: Patrick Williams, Brad Harrell, James Wilson, Brian Stevens, Jordy Pincock, Doyle Hansen
  • Patent number: 9987471
    Abstract: An inflation device including a handle mechanism configured to selectively engage and disengage threads within the device. In some instances the threads are configured to couple a plunger to a syringe body. The handle mechanism may be configured to (1) provide a mechanical advantage and (2) change the location and direction of the input force, thereby making the device easier to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Brian Stevens, William Padilla, Gregory R. McArthur
  • Patent number: D865954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Mottola, Denise Hallisey, Gregory R. McArthur, Richard P. Jenkins, Brian Stevens
  • Patent number: D905235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Mottola, Richard P. Jenkins, Brian Stevens