Patents by Inventor Byron Johnson
Byron 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).
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Publication number: 20200337839Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
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Patent number: 10743989Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
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Patent number: 10660233Abstract: An electrical enclosure apparatus includes a protective apparatus that permits forced-air cooling of the interior of the enclosure while resisting structures that are within in the interior from being blown out of the electrical enclosure as a result of an arc event or other event. The protective apparatus includes a flow apparatus formed from one or more blocks of ceramic material having foamed therein a plurality of elongated flow channels. The flow apparatus is supported inside a duct with the use of a support apparatus. The ceramic material from which the flow apparatus is formed is configured to withstand the heat that may be experienced in an arc event and is additionally configured to be sufficiently rigid and tough to retain within the duct any structures within the enclosure from being blown out of the protective apparatus, thereby protecting personnel who may be in the area.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Wesley Byron Johnson, Jon Christopher Beaver
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Patent number: 10646254Abstract: A burr cap assembly is at least partially inserted into a burr hole within the cranium of a patient. The burr cap assembly enables a elongate member to be inserted through the burr cap assembly to access a brain of the patient. A shifting member of the burr cap assembly may be configured to enable the elongate member to move with shifting fluid and matter of the brain. The shifting member of the burr cap assembly may be configured to move within a cavity defined by the burr cap assembly. The shifting member may be configured to move in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the elongate member. The shifting member may at least partially retain the elongate member, so as the shifting brain applies forces upon the elongate member, the elongate member and the shifting member may move within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Walton W. Baxter, III, Byron Johnson
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Publication number: 20200015484Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett Van Leeuwen
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Patent number: 10470329Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure comprising first and second abutting compartment and at least one cable passing between the first and second compartments through a sealing multi-cable transit mounted in a wall shared by the first and second compartments. The first compartment may contain arc-generating equipment and the second compartment may contain equipment vulnerable to arc damage. The first compartment may include a medium-voltage cubicle and the second compartment may include a low-voltage control cubicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventor: Wesley Byron Johnson
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Publication number: 20190308025Abstract: A cranial implant may include an interior guide portion, an exterior guide portion, and one or more flanges. In one example, the interior guide portion may be disposed in a burr hole of a cranium and include a distal end, a proximal end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The distal end may be inserted further into the burr hole than the proximal end. The inner surface may at least partially define a channel that accepts an elongated member, and the outer surface may extend around the full circumference of the burr hole. The exterior guide portion may be coupled to the interior guide portion and may contact an external surface of the cranium. The interior guide portion may define one or more surface features configured to secure the interior guide portion to the burr hole or secure an elongated member within the channel of the cranial implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ryan T. Bauer, Byron Johnson, Arnis L. Kurmis
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Patent number: 10420347Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Wood Stone CorporationInventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett VanLeeuwen
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Patent number: 10297986Abstract: An arc-resistant electrical enclosure includes an arresting system that permits forced-air cooling of the interior region to occur during ordinary operation of the enclosure while resisting the flow of hot gases, plasma, and flames to the exterior of the electrical enclosure in an arc event or other event. The arresting system advantageously includes a louver apparatus and a cover apparatus that work in conjunction to resist the flow of gases, plasma, and flames to the exterior of the cabinet in an arc event. The louver apparatus includes louvers that can be moved from an open state to a closed state responsive to a predetermined fluid pressure impinging on the louvers. The cover apparatus includes a fire blocking panel that permits fluid flow therethrough during ordinary operation but which, responsive to a flame, initiates a transformation from one state to another state wherein the openings resist the communication of flames therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Wesley Byron Johnson, David Glenn Woolard
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Publication number: 20190069927Abstract: A burr cap assembly is at least partially inserted into a burr hole within the cranium of a patient. The burr cap assembly enables a elongate member to be inserted through the burr cap assembly to access a brain of the patient. A shifting member of the burr cap assembly may be configured to enable the elongate member to move with shifting fluid and matter of the brain. The shifting member of the burr cap assembly may be configured to move within a cavity defined by the burr cap assembly. The shifting member may be configured to move in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the elongate member. The shifting member may at least partially retain the elongate member, so as the shifting brain applies forces upon the elongate member, the elongate member and the shifting member may move within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Walton W. Baxter, III, Byron Johnson
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Patent number: 10171006Abstract: An arm assembly is provided. The arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each electrical component is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, one electrical bus. A sealing compound is then applied to each electrical bus and to a limited number of the electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Jonathan Crouch, Wesley Byron Johnson, Irving Gibbs, Ron Schueneman
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Publication number: 20180352684Abstract: A power pole inverter is provided. The power pole inverter includes a housing assembly, a capacitor assembly, a number of arm assemblies, a number of heat sinks, and a support assembly. The housing assembly includes a number of sidewalls. The housing assembly sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The capacitor assembly is coupled to the housing assembly. Each arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each the electrical bus includes a body with terminals, each the terminal structured to be coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly, each arm assembly including a neutral terminal. Each arm assembly is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly. The support assembly includes a non-conductive frame assembly. The support assembly is structured to support each the heat sink in isolation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Charles Crouch, Irving Albert Gibbs, Wesley Byron Johnson, Paul Thomas Murray, Ron Carl Schueneman
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Patent number: 9936615Abstract: A power pole inverter is provided. The power pole inverter includes a housing assembly, a capacitor assembly, a number of arm assemblies, a number of heat sinks, and a support assembly. The housing assembly includes a number of sidewalls. The housing assembly sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The capacitor assembly is coupled to the housing assembly. Each arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each the electrical bus includes a body with terminals, each the terminal structured to be coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly, each arm assembly including a neutral terminal. Each arm assembly is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly. The support assembly includes a non-conductive frame assembly. The support assembly is structured to support each the heat sink in isolation.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Charles Crouch, Irving Albert Gibbs, Wesley Byron Johnson, Paul Thomas Murray, Ron Carl Schueneman
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Publication number: 20180055058Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett VanLeeuwen
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Patent number: 9795147Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Wood Stone CorporationInventors: Harry Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett VanLeeuwen
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Publication number: 20170265327Abstract: An electrical enclosure apparatus includes a protective apparatus that permits forced-air cooling of the interior of the enclosure while resisting structures that are within in the interior from being blown out of the electrical enclosure as a result of an arc event or other event. The protective apparatus includes a flow apparatus formed from one or more blocks of ceramic material having foamed therein a plurality of elongated flow channels. The flow apparatus is supported inside a duct with the use of a support apparatus. The ceramic material from which the flow apparatus is formed is configured to withstand the heat that may be experienced in an arc event and is additionally configured to be sufficiently rigid and tough to retain within the duct any structures within the enclosure from being blown out of the protective apparatus, thereby protecting personnel who may be in the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: WESLEY BYRON JOHNSON, JON CHRISTOPHER BEAVER
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Publication number: 20170239047Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
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Publication number: 20170223850Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure comprising first and second abutting compartment and at least one cable passing between the first and second compartments through a sealing multi-cable transit mounted in a wall shared by the first and second compartments. The first compartment may contain arc-generating equipment and the second compartment may contain equipment vulnerable to arc damage. The first compartment may include a medium-voltage cubicle and the second compartment may include a low-voltage control cubicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventor: Wesley Byron Johnson
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Publication number: 20170214332Abstract: An arm assembly is provided. The arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each electrical component is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, one electrical bus. A sealing compound is then applied to each electrical bus and to a limited number of the electrical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: Jonathan Crouch, Wesley Byron Johnson, Irving Gibbs, Ron Schueneman
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Publication number: 20170181331Abstract: A power pole inverter (10) is provided. The power pole inverter (10) includes a housing assembly (12), a capacitor assembly (14), a number of arm assemblies (16), a number of heat sinks (32), and a support assembly (20). The housing assembly (12) includes a number of sidewalls (17). The housing assembly sidewalls (17) defining an enclosed space (21). The capacitor assembly (14) is coupled to the housing assembly (12). Each arm assembly (16) includes a plurality of electrical components (50) and a number of electrical buses (70). Each the electrical bus (70) includes a body (72) with terminals (88), each the terminal (88) structured to be coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly (14), each arm assembly (16) including a neutral terminal (88). Each arm assembly (16) is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly (14). The support assembly (20) includes a non-conductive frame assembly (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Charles Crouch, Irving Albert Gibbs, Wesley Byron Johnson, Paul Thomas Murray, Ron Carl Schueneman