Patents by Inventor Bruce David Johnson

Bruce David 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).

  • SMART FABRIC
    Publication number: 20180242655
    Abstract: Compressive garments described herein include an inner layer, a middle layer coupled to the inner layer, the middle layer comprising a plurality of circuits, each circuit of the plurality of circuits comprising a superelastic cable and a circuit breaker, and a outer layer removably coupled to at least one of the inner layer and the middle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Bradley Thomas Holschuh, Lucy Elizabeth Dunne, Robert Michael Theodore Pettys-Baker, Nicholas Edward Schleif, Joonwoo Walter Lee, Mary Ellen Margaret Berglund, Sophia Utset-Ward, Michael J. Joyner, Bruce David Johnson, Kevin Lawrence Kelly, Christopher P. Johnson, Julia Claire Duvall, Rachael Granberry
  • Method and apparatus for investigating mechanical properties of soft materials
    Patent number: 8561475
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for investigating subsurface properties of sediment, soil, snow, food stuff and other soft materials incorporates a probe head, preferably in the form of a coil spring that functions as a screw thread, which moves into the soil, snow, sediment, food stuff or other soft material, isolates a column of the material and applies tension to that column while measuring the applied force with a force sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce David Johnson, Bernard Paul Boudreau, Mark Andrew Barry, Kelly Maureen Dorgan, Peter Alfred Jumars
  • Method and Apparatus for Investigating Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials
    Publication number: 20120234102
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for investigating subsurface properties of sediment, soil, snow, food stuff and other soft materials incorporates a probe head, preferably in the form of a coil spring that functions as a screw thread, which moves into the soil, snow, sediment, food stuff or other soft material, isolates a column of the material and applies tension to that column while measuring the applied force with a force sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce David Johnson, Bernard Paul Boudreau, Mark Andrew Barry, Kelly Dorgan, Peter Alfred Jumars