Patents by Inventor Bruce ANDREWS

Bruce ANDREWS 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: 10875368
    Abstract: A weight distributing anti-sway trailer hitch has a pair of spring arms extending rearwardly from the head unit and a pair of hookup brackets for connecting a remote end of each spring arm to a trailer. The hookup brackets have a hookup plate and a hookup strap that sandwich a trailer frame therebetween to secure the bracket to the trailer, and further have a clamp that can be opened and closed to secure the remote end of the spring arm to the trailer frame during towing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Steven L. Spencer
  • Patent number: 10751611
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to game consoles including game controllers and connected to one or more computing device. Specifically, a game console may receive, via a game controller, a first input triggering an activation of a multi-mode controller switching application at the game console. Further, while a multi-mode controller switching application is active and the game controller is operating in the first controller mode, the game console may receive, via the controller, a second input representing a selection of the second controller mode different from the first controller mode, switch from the first controller mode to the second controller mode in response to receiving the second input, and controlling the computing device in communication with the game console in accordance with the second controller mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Oleksandr Monastyrskyy, Chinweizu Uzodinma Owunwanne, Anders Edgar Klemets, Matthew Bruce Andrews
  • Publication number: 20200259170
    Abstract: Provided are methods of producing a negative electrode including comminuting Li-Group IVA alloy particles in a solvent to a desired particle size distribution range, exposing surfaces of the Li-Group IVA alloy particles to a monomer or polymer surface modifier present during the comminution process, the surface modifier forming a continuous coating on an exposed surface of the Li-Group IVA alloy particles, removing the solvent, and adding the surface-modified Li-Group IVA alloy particles to a negative electrode material by a coating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy D. Newbound, Richard Owen Crowther, Reza Kavian, Bruce Andrew Kraay, Jeff A. Norris
  • Publication number: 20200064435
    Abstract: A system can include a first electrical device having a first controller that includes a first transceiver, where the first transceiver sends a first signal using a first communication protocol. The system can also include a second electrical device that includes a second controller having a second transceiver, where the second transceiver receives the first signal, measures a first strength of the first signal, generates a first table that includes the first strength and a first ID of the first electrical device, and sends a second signal using a second communication protocol. The user system can also include a gateway that receives the second signal, where the second signal includes the first strength and the first ID of the first electrical device. The gateway can also determine a first location of the first electrical device using the first strength and the first ID of the first electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Carl Douglas, Ameya Ainapure, Dominic Pritham
  • Publication number: 20200067611
    Abstract: A system can include a first electrical device disposed within a volume of space. The system can also include a user system disposed in the volume of space. The user system can broadcast a first initiation signal in the volume of space. The user system can also receive, in response to the first initiation signal, a first response signal from the first transceiver of the first electrical device, where the first response signal includes a first identification of the first electrical device. The user system can further measure at least one parameter associated with the first response signal. The user system can also determine whether the at least one parameter is within a range of acceptable values. The user system can further assign the first electrical device to a first group when the at least one parameter is determined to be within a range of acceptable values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Carl Douglas, Dominic Pritham
  • Publication number: 20200068529
    Abstract: A system can include a first electrical device having a first sensor device, where the first sensor device is configured to measure a first parameter used in operating the first electrical device, where the first sensor device is further configured to detect a first condition that is unrelated to operating the first electrical device, where the first condition is created by a trigger device controlled by a user, where the first sensor device, upon detecting the first condition, broadcasts a first communication that includes a first identification of the first sensor device. The system can also include a gateway communicably coupled to the first electrical device, where the gateway receives the first communication from the first electrical device, where the gateway assigns the first electrical device to a first group based on the first identification of the first sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Carl Douglas, Dominic Pritham, Ryan Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20190239033
    Abstract: A system for simultaneous control of a subset of nodes in a wireless network includes a network controller and a plurality of nodes that are communicatively coupled to the network controller. The network controller transmits a custom Zigbee unicast message to a node of the subset of nodes that is assigned as a point guard node upon receiving an instruction to control one or more nodes of the subset of nodes. The point guard node receives the custom Zigbee unicast message and generates an InterPAN broadcast message based on a payload of the custom Zigbee unicast message. The point guard node broadcasts the InterPAN broadcast message as a one hop broadcast message to all the nodes in the radio range of the point guard node. The receiving nodes whose identifiers are present in the payload of the InterPAN broadcast message act on the instruction to change a status thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Carl Douglas, Dominic Pritham, Ameya Ainapure
  • Patent number: 10297432
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to perform sequential windowed acquisition of mass spectrometry data. A mass range and a mass window width parameter are received for a sample. A plurality of ions from the sample that are within the mass range are collected in an ion trap of a mass spectrometer. Two or more mass adjacent or overlapping windows are calculated to span the mass range using the mass window width parameter. Ions within each mass window are ejected from the ion trap. A mass spectrum is then detected from the ejected ions of the each mass window with a mass analyzer of the mass spectrometer, producing a collection of mass spectra for the mass range. The two or more mass windows can all have the same width, can all have different widths, or can have at least two mass windows with different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce Andrew Collings
  • Patent number: D856119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Hugh McGugan, Bruce Andrew Angel
  • Patent number: D861540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CAMCO MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Hugh McGugan, Bruce Andrew Angel
  • Patent number: D862951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CAMCO Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Andrew Angel
  • Patent number: D868635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Austin Hugh McGugan
  • Patent number: D873623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Hugh McGugan, Steven L. Spencer, Bruce Andrew Angel
  • Patent number: D893120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Ross Delancey, Brandon Wayne Blakely, Bruce Andrew Angel
  • Patent number: D900994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Austin Hugh McGugan
  • Patent number: D917933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Blake Martin, Steven L. Spencer
  • Patent number: D918522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Blake Martin, Austin Hugh McGugan
  • Patent number: D918523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Blake Martin, Austin Hugh McGugan
  • Patent number: D918776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Brandon Wayne Blakely, Blake Martin, Austin Hugh McGugan
  • Patent number: D928065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Hugh McGugan, Bruce Andrew Angel, Anthony Dwayne Moore