Patents by Inventor Christopher Drane

Christopher Drane 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: 12636182
    Abstract: A palm cooling assembly for cooling a device used to lower a body temperature of a user includes a housing having a base wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall is attached to and extends upwardly from the base wall defining an interior area. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening into the interior area. A panel is coupled to the upper edge and extends across the opening to enclose the interior area. The panel has a well therein. A palm cooling object is removably positionable in the well. The palm cooling object has a shape that is configured to at least partially cover a palm of a hand of a user who is gripping the palm cooling object. A refrigeration system controls a temperature of the interior area whereby the palm cooling object is cooled to the temperature when positioned in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Inventor: Christopher Drane
  • Publication number: 20250127651
    Abstract: A palm cooling assembly for cooling a device used to lower a body temperature of a user includes a housing having a base wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall is attached to and extends upwardly from the base wall defining an interior area. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening into the interior area. A panel is coupled to the upper edge and extends across the opening to enclose the interior area. The panel has a well therein. A palm cooling object is removably positionable in the well. The palm cooling object has a shape that is configured to at least partially cover a palm of a hand of a user who is gripping the palm cooling object. A refrigeration system controls a temperature of the interior area whereby the palm cooling object is cooled to the temperature when positioned in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher Drane
  • Publication number: 20070001867
    Abstract: A method of determining the location of a mobile receiver is provided. The method works within a radio system in one or more dimensions, the radio system includes a network of transmitters the positions of which are known. The method comprises the steps of: compiling a list of the signals detected by the receiver, sending said list to a calculation device; constructing a position function which relates to the probability that the receiver is at a given location, which position function has components corresponding to each member of the list, each component including a predetermined probability function that depends on mobile receiver position; and evaluating said position function to determine a position that corresponds to the highest probability of location, and defining that position to be the location of the mobile receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Rowe, Ben Tarlow, Christopher Drane, Simon Hern
  • Publication number: 20060217127
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for finding a radio terminal (10) in a radio communications network. The method includes making observations of attributes of radio signals associated with the radio terminal (10) and generating a route for a seeker (20) to find the radio terminal (10), based on the observations and estimated error distributions of those observations. The route may be displayed over a topographical map to guide the seeker to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Seeker Wireless Pty Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Drane, Malcolm Macnaughtan