Patents by Inventor Bruce Johnston

Bruce Johnston 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: 10364570
    Abstract: A building form system including a plurality of forms for assembling into a wall template that is filled with concrete to create a building wall. The system includes a corner form assembly comprising an inner corner form and an outer corner form for disposition on a corner footing. The outer corner form includes walls angled from a bend. A pair of connectors are disposed on opposite ends from the bend. The inner corner form includes corresponding connectors for attachment to the outer corner form around a preset vertical rebar in the corner footing. The system further includes a base form extending between a first pair of connectors that include a peripheral wall disposed directly therebetween and the second pair of connectors for mating engagement with the first that include an inset wall spaced inwardly therefrom. Spacing between the peripheral and inset wall of adjacent base forms accommodating vertical rebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: EZ PVC LLC
    Inventor: Bruce Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180340332
    Abstract: A building form system including a plurality of forms for assembling into a wall template that is filled with concrete to create a building wall. The system includes a corner form assembly comprising an inner corner form and an outer corner form for disposition on a corner footing. The outer corner form includes walls angled from a bend. A pair of connectors are disposed on opposite ends from the bend. The inner corner form includes corresponding connectors for attachment to the outer corner form around a preset vertical rebar in the corner footing. The system further includes a base form extending between a first pair of connectors that include a peripheral wall disposed directly therebetween and the second pair of connectors for mating engagement with the first that include an inset wall spaced inwardly therefrom. Spacing between the peripheral and inset wall of adjacent base forms accommodating vertical rebar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Bruce Johnston
  • Patent number: 10013486
    Abstract: There is provided system for distributed live performance scheduled audio recording, cloud-based audio content editing and online content distribution of audio track and associated metadata. The system comprise a content editing server and a plurality of audio recording slave devices and at least one artist client computing device configure to display a content editing interface in communication with the content editing server via the Internet. In use the content editing interface is configurable to receive a live performance schedule such that the server is configured to configure an audio recording slave device with the live performance schedule such that the audio recording slave device records audio data of a live performance and uploads the data to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: OPENHD PTY LTD
    Inventors: Simon Tait, Richard Powell, Bruce Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180052922
    Abstract: There is provided system for distributed live performance scheduled audio recording, cloud-based audio content editing and online content distribution of audio track and associated metadata. The system comprise a content editing server and a plurality of audio recording slave devices and at least one artist client computing device configure to display a content editing interface in communication with the content editing server via the Internet. In use the content editing interface is configurable to receive a live performance schedule such that the server is configured to configure an audio recording slave device with the live performance schedule such that the audio recording slave device records audio data of a live performance and uploads the data to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: OPENHD PTY LTD
    Inventors: SIMON TAIT, RICHARD POWELL, BRUCE JOHNSTON
  • Patent number: 8973246
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding assembly having an ultrasonic horn and an anvil having first, second, and third plate portions is provided. The third plate portion is coupled between the first and second plate portions. The first plate portion has a first knurled region on a first side disposed proximate to the ultrasonic horn, and the second plate portion has a second knurled region on the first side. The third plate portion has a first aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a bracket that receives the second side of the anvil for holding the anvil thereon. The bracket has a second aperture extending therethrough that aligns with the first aperture, such that a coupling member extending through the first and second apertures removably couples the anvil to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Johnston, Kwok Tom
  • Publication number: 20140026386
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding assembly having an ultrasonic horn and an anvil having first, second, and third plate portions is provided. The third plate portion is coupled between the first and second plate portions. The first plate portion has a first knurled region on a first side disposed proximate to the ultrasonic horn, and the second plate portion has a second knurled region on the first side. The third plate portion has a first aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a bracket that receives the second side of the anvil for holding the anvil thereon. The bracket has a second aperture extending therethrough that aligns with the first aperture, such that a coupling member extending through the first and second apertures removably couples the anvil to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Johnston, Kwok Tom
  • Patent number: 8517078
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding assembly having an ultrasonic horn and an anvil having first, second, and third plate portions is provided. The third plate portion is coupled between the first and second plate portions. The first plate portion has a first knurled region on a first side disposed proximate to the ultrasonic horn, and the second plate portion has a second knurled region on the first side. The third plate portion has a first aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a bracket that receives the second side of the anvil for holding the anvil thereon. The bracket has a second aperture extending therethrough that aligns with the first aperture, such that a coupling member extending through the first and second apertures removably couples the anvil to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Johnston, Kwok Tom
  • Publication number: 20120279141
    Abstract: A modular building unit for use in constructing a building comprises a top, a base, two opposed ends and at least one open side. The at least one open side extends between the two opposed ends and is free of upwardly extending structural supports. The modular building unit is configured to be interconnected to a second modular building unit along the at least one open side. The building unit is dimensioned to enable the building unit to be accommodated at or within a predetermined width limit for transportation before assembly and the building unit and the second modular building unit, when assembled, exceeding the predetermined width limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: EPSILON INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Chris Wiederick, Darryl Gillespie, Steve McAllister, Bruce Johnston
  • Publication number: 20110021296
    Abstract: A pitching training aid includes a mat, a pitching rubber attached to the mat and indicia displayed on the mat to instruction a baseball player on how to pitch a baseball. The indicia includes the steps of “start,” “rocker,” “pivot/balance” and “step/release.” The indicia also includes a series of arrows which instructs the baseball player on the sequence of the steps. A straight line extends from the pitching rubber down a center of the mat to show where the “step/release” position should be. A top surface of the mat has an artificial grass surface and a bottom surface of the mat includes a nonskid material to prevent the mat from sliding during use. The mat may include two pitching rubbers and two sets of indicia on opposites ends thereof with one pitching rubber and indicia being used to instruct right hand pitchers and the other pitching rubber and indicia being used to instruct left handed pitchers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Bruce Johnston
  • Publication number: 20070027904
    Abstract: A method for mapping a data source of an unknown configuration to that of a known configuration, comprising the steps of submitting a request for metadata to the data source of the unknown configuration; generating a relational schema from the known configuration based on the metadata received from the data source of the unknown configuration; and returning the metadata of the generated relational schema which maps the data source of the unknown configuration to the known configuration. In a preferred embodiment data source of the unknown configuration is a multidimensional database and the known configuration is a star or snowflake relational schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: George Chow, Darryl Eckstein, Bruce Johnston
  • Patent number: 7114077
    Abstract: In an electronic device having a processor, a visual display, apparatus for entering data into said device, and an electronic memory, a method for reliably determining whether confidential handwritten or voice data entered into the electronic device for processing has been recognized by the device as representing a character the user intended to enter, comprising the steps of receiving a data entry, translating the entry into digital signals and combining the digital signals to create a character, saving the character in electronic memory, commencing a timing sequence, displaying the character on the visual display, awaiting the expiration of the timing sequence, and replacing the character with a mask character on the visual display and, if the character was incorrect, allowing the user to re-enter the character and, if the character was correct, accepting another character, and, when all characters have been entered, sending the saved characters to the processor for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventors: Ryan Miller, Bruce Johnston, Ajay Sudan
  • Publication number: 20060161857
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for informing users that data associated with one or more concurrently-running components has changed. In a preferred embodiment, the system and method comprise a GUI that includes a plurality of tabs associated with independently selectable components. When data associated with a particular component changes, the component's tab is made to flash. The flashing continues until the user selects the component. In a second preferred embodiment, when the tab associated with the component whose data has changed is not currently displayed, a different GUI element is made to flash until the tab is displayed. Further, a user may be informed of the change in data by vibration of the electronic device or by an audible sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Johnston, Ryan Miller
  • Patent number: 7017119
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for informing users that data associated with one or more concurrently-running components has changed. In a preferred embodiment, the system and method comprise a GUI that includes a plurality of tabs associated with independently selectable components. When data associated with a particular component changes, the component's tab is made to flash. The flashing continues until the user selects the component. In a second preferred embodiment, when the tab associated with the component whose data has changed is not currently displayed, a different GUI element is made to flash until the tab is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Vaultus Mobile Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Johnston, Ryan Miller
  • Publication number: 20020122591
    Abstract: In an electronic device having a processor, a visual display, apparatus for entering data into said device, and an electronic memory, a method for reliably determining whether confidential handwritten or voice data entered into the electronic device for processing has been recognized by the device as representing a character the user intended to enter, comprising the steps of receiving a data entry, translating the entry into digital signals and combining the digital signals to create a character, saving the character in electronic memory, commencing a timing sequence, displaying the character on the visual display, awaiting the expiration of the timing sequence, and replacing the character with a mask character on the visual display and, if the character was incorrect, allowing the user to re-enter the character and, if the character was correct, accepting another character, and, when all characters have been entered, sending the saved characters to the processor for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Ryan Miller, Bruce Johnston, Ajay Sudan