Patents by Inventor Bruce Williams
Bruce Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20240100316Abstract: A circuit connector for a humidification system, the system comprising a base unit configured to be engaged by a humidification chamber. The circuit connector comprises an inlet to fluidly connect to an outlet of the humidification chamber to receive humidified gases therefrom, an outlet to sealably connect to or integral with a conduit for directing the humidified gases to a user, and an electrical terminal for electrically coupling the circuit connector to an electrical terminal associated with the base unit. The circuit connector may be releasably and lockably connectable to the outlet of the humidification chamber and/or orientation features may control orientation of component parts of the system as they are assembled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Hamish Adrian OSBORNE, James William STANTON, Bruce Gordon HOLYOAKE, Stephen David EVANS, David Leon MCCAULEY, Nicholas James Michael MCKENNA, Gareth Thomas MCDERMOTT, Myfanwy Jane Antica NORTON, Gavin Walsh MILLAR, Thomas Jacques Fernand MAECKELBERGHE
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Publication number: 20240090678Abstract: A method and bed system for controlling a mattress climate-control system based on a thermal event. The bed system includes a mattress, a mattress climate-control system, a mechanical thermal detector, and a controller. The mattress climate-control system controls a climate at the mattress. The mechanical thermal detector is positioned at the mattress. A condition of the mechanical thermal detector changes in response to a thermal event at the mattress. The controller is connected to the mattress climate-control system. The controller perform operations including detecting the condition of the mechanical thermal detector and operating the mattress climate-control system based on the condition of the mechanical thermal detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: John Saycocie, Reuben Wesley Meline, Bruce William Gaunt, Cory Lee Grabinger, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Nick Reynolds
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Publication number: 20240091245Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating, preventing, protecting against and/or delaying the progression of chronic kidney disease in patients, for example patients with prediabetes, type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Uli Christian BROEDL, Odd-Erik JOHANSEN, Eric Williams MAYOUX, Nima SOLEYMANLOU, Maximilian von EYNATTEN, Hans-Juergen WOERLE, David Z.I. CHERNEY, Bruce A. PERKINS
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Publication number: 20240074592Abstract: A foundation for a bed system can include an actuator, a deck mechanism operably related to the actuator so as to be actuated between raised and lowered positions in response to actuation by the actuator, and a controller operably connected to the actuator and configured to drive the actuator to actuate the deck mechanism between a lower position and an upper position. The deck mechanism can be configured to move to a service position that is further than the upper position. The deck mechanism can expose and permit access to a serviceable component when the deck mechanism is in the service position. A method of using a foundation having a service position is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventor: Bruce William Gaunt
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Patent number: 11918596Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing oxidative stress, for example in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, as well as to the use of such SGLT-2 inhibitors in treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients, for example type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients. The present invention further relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing a metabolic disorder and preventing, reducing the risk of or delaying the occurrence of a cardiovascular event in patients, for example patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHInventors: Uli Christian Broedl, Odd-Erik Johansen, Gabriel Woojai Kim, Eric Williams Mayoux, Afshin Salsali, Nima Soleymanlou, Maximilian von Eynatten, Hans-Juergen Woerle, David Z. I. Cherney, Bruce A. Perkins, Andreas Daiber, Thomas Muenzel
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Patent number: 11924970Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable having an insulator holding a first signal conductor and a second signal conductor and a cable shield surrounding the insulator. Exposed portions of the signal conductors extend forward of an end of the insulator for termination to a circuit card. The cable assembly includes a ground clip coupled to the end of the cable. The ground clip includes a bottom ground rake below the cable and a top ground hood above the cable. The bottom ground rake includes a window that receives the exposed portions of the first and second signal conductors therethrough. The bottom ground rake includes a lower grounding tab electrically connected to a lower portion of the cable shield and the top ground hood includes an upper grounding tab electrically connected to an upper portion of the cable shield. The bottom ground rake is coupled to the circuit card to support the cable relative to the circuit card.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Chad William Morgan, Bruce Allen Champion, John Joseph Consoli
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Patent number: 11910912Abstract: A backcombing brush for backcombing hair includes an array of bristles 4. Each bristle extends from a base to a free end and two lengths of bristle are provided. Shorter bristles 4a and the bottom of longer bristles 4b carry out backcombing, whilst the longer bristles smooth hair, or untangle knots/tangles in the hair to reduce the level of backcombing. The long bristles have a relatively wide first portion 5, towards the base of the bristle, and a relatively narrow second portion 6, towards the free end of the bristle. The bristles are arranged such that bristles in one row neither extend between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row nor partially occlude the space between bristles in an adjacent row.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Tangle Teezer LimitedInventors: Shaun Pulfrey, Cameron Bruce William Treeby
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Publication number: 20240059168Abstract: A system of pay-in and pay-out function of a cooling system for an electric vehicle and a method of use is presented in this disclosure. The system may include a cooling cable, a cooling connector, wherein the cooling connector may include an actuator, a cable reel, and an idler drum. The cable reel may include a helical pattern where the cooling cable resides during the stowed configuration. The idler drum may be parallel to the cable reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Richard Donnelly, Bruce Williams, Edward Hall
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Publication number: 20240041195Abstract: A hair brush with an array of bristles (4). Each bristle extends from a base to a free end. Some or all of the bristles have relatively wide first portion, towards the base of the bristle, and a relatively narrow second portion, towards the free end of the bristle. The bristles are arranged in offset rows and centre lines of the rows are spaced apart such that at least part of the first portion of bristles in one row extends between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row and/or, when viewed perpendicular to the rows, the width of the first portion of the bristles in one row is, over part of their length, the same or greater than the space between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row so as to partially occlude the space between bristles in an adjacent row. The bristles are sized and arranged so that the first portion of the bristles serves to easily penetrate and divide hair between the bristles and the second portion of the bristles enables tension to be applied to the hair when hair flows between the bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Shaun Pulfrey, Cameron Bruce William Treeby
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Publication number: 20240033141Abstract: Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplication by the user, facilitated attachment guides which can reduce the likelihood of misapplication of the feminine pad and can also reduce the likelihood of improper attachment of the feminine pad to a panty. The feminine hygiene articles disclosed include wings which can provide cues on proper attachment of the article to the panty, and wing adhesive distributed in a way which can provide sustained coverage of the feminine hygiene article to the panty which reduces the likelihood that the pad will become detached during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Henning Vohwinkel, Wolfgang Domeier, Rainer Hefele, Bruce William Lavash, Holger Wendt
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Patent number: 11840360Abstract: An apparatus and a method for an indicating system for ground support equipment for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus may include ground support equipment, wherein the ground support equipment may include at least a ground support module, wherein the at least a ground support module may be configured to support an operation of an electric aircraft, one or more housings, wherein the one or more housings may be configured to house the at least a ground support module, a cable module, wherein the cable module may be configured to connect the at least a ground support module and the electric aircraft, an indicator configured to indicate informatic communication of the at least ground support module and the cable module and a controller communicatively connected to the at least a ground support module and the cable module and configured to control the indicator.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Bruce Williams, Jake Pill, Richard Donnelly, Edward Hall, Michael Kuss
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Patent number: 11838117Abstract: A cyber security system includes a plurality of event sensors to detect events, a plurality of inference servers, and a server in communication with the plurality of inference servers. Each inference server of the plurality is in communication with a subset of event sensors of the plurality of event sensors. Each inference server has a portion of an event lattice and is to compare the event detected by the subset of event sensors to the event lattice. Each inference server is to identify an originator having a behavior pattern indicative of an attack and communicating an identifier associated with the originator. The server is to provide an interface indicating the behavior pattern indicative of an attack and the identifier of the originator.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: COMPUTED FUTURE, INC.Inventors: Frederick Johannes Venter, Jayendra Pathak, Bruce William Watson
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Publication number: 20230382270Abstract: A ground service system for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a charging module configured to charge a battery of an electric aircraft. The charging module includes a charging cable electrically connected to an energy source. The system includes a cooling module configured to regulate a temperature of the battery. The cooling module includes a cooling cable configured to carry a coolant. The system also includes a cabin soak module configured to provide a cabin soak coolant to a cabin of the electric aircraft. The cabin soak module includes a cabin soak cable configured to carry a fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Jake Pill, Cole William Hanson, Edward Hall, Richard Donnelly, James Whitehill, Bruce Williams
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Publication number: 20230372166Abstract: The absorbent article includes a topsheet having a body contacting surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core has a first absorbent core having a first area and a second area, wherein the first absorbent core and the second absorbent core are vertically arranged, wherein the second absorbent core at least partially covers the second area of the first absorbent core, and wherein the first absorbent core and the second absorbent core have different compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Miguel Alvaro ROBLES, Bruce William LAVASH, Sion AGAMI, John Lee HAMMONS
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Publication number: 20230363958Abstract: An absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a topsheet having a body contacting surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core has an upper layer and a lower layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Miguel Alvaro ROBLES, Bruce William LAVASH, Sion AGAMI
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Patent number: 11813153Abstract: Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplication by the user, facilitated attachment guides which can reduce the likelihood of misapplication of the feminine pad and can also reduce the likelihood of improper attachment of the feminine pad to a panty. The feminine hygiene articles disclosed include wings which can provide cues on proper attachment of the article to the panty, and wing adhesive distributed in a way which can provide sustained coverage of the feminine hygiene article to the panty which reduces the likelihood that the pad will become detached during use.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Henning Vohwinkel, Wolfgang Domeier, Rainer Hefele, Bruce William Lavash, Holger Wendt
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Patent number: 11793298Abstract: A hair brush with an array of bristles (4). Each bristle extends from a base to a free end. Some or all of the bristles have relatively wide first portion, towards the base of the bristle, and a relatively narrow second portion, towards the free end of the bristle. The bristles are arranged in offset rows and centre lines of the rows are spaced apart such that at least part of the first portion of bristles in one row extends between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row and/or, when viewed perpendicular to the rows, the width of the first portion of the bristles in one row is, over part of their length, the same or greater than the space between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row so as to partially occlude the space between bristles in an adjacent row. The bristles are sized and arranged so that the first portion of the bristles serves to easily penetrate and divide hair between the bristles and the second portion of the bristles enables tension to be applied to the hair when hair flows between the bristles.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Shaun Pulfrey, Cameron Bruce William Treeby
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Patent number: 11786044Abstract: A foundation for a bed system can include an actuator, a deck mechanism operably related to the actuator so as to be actuated between raised and lowered positions in response to actuation by the actuator, and a controller operably connected to the actuator and configured to drive the actuator to actuate the deck mechanism between a lower position and an upper position. The deck mechanism can be configured to move to a service position that is further than the upper position. The deck mechanism can expose and permit access to a serviceable component when the deck mechanism is in the service position. A method of using a foundation having a service position is also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventor: Bruce William Gaunt
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Publication number: 20230310232Abstract: Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplication by the user, facilitated attachment guides which can reduce the likelihood of misapplication of the feminine pad, and can also reduce the likelihood of improper attachment of the feminine pad to a panty. The feminine hygiene articles disclosed include uniquely shaped wings which can provide cues on proper attachment of the article to the panty and may help in providing sustained coverage of the feminine hygiene article to the panty which reduces the likelihood that the pad will become detached during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Henning Vohwinkel, Wolfgang Domeier, Rainer Hefele, Bruce William Lavash, Holger Wendt
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Publication number: 20230311723Abstract: An infant car seat system includes an infant car seat with an integrated anchor system to conveniently secure the infant car seat to a vehicle seat, without using a detachable vehicle installation base and without using a vehicle seat belt. The anchor system is coupled to the infant car seat at one or more mechanical constraining points positioned based on the center of gravity of the infant car seat and respective anchor points at which the anchor system engages with vehicle lower anchors. The anchor system may be a rigid anchor system or a belted anchor system, and the system may include one or more of a release actuator for a quick disconnect mechanism, an adjustment foot to accommodate different vehicle seats and ensure a tight fit, and/or one or more storage compartments to store parts of the anchor system when unused. Such features render the infant car seat system particularly useful for ride-hailing and ridesharing services.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Nathaniel W. Keebler, Curtis Hartenstine, Bruce Williams, Brad Bickley