Patents by Inventor Christopher Patrick Johnson

Christopher Patrick 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).

  • Sensor pod assembly
    Patent number: 11953623
    Abstract: A sensor pod system includes one or more sensor pods with a plurality of sensors configured to collect data from an environment. A sensor pod may have an effective field of view created by individual sensors with overlapping fields of view. The sensor pod system may include sensors of different types and modalities. Sensor pods of the sensor pod system may be modularly installed on a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle and collect and provide data of the environment during operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Ryan McMichael, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros, Anubhav Thakur, Joseph Patrick Warga, Austin In-Jei Yi
  • ARTIFICIAL SPINAL PROSTHESIS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240074869
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a spinal joint with a facet joint replacement. The prosthesis can include a first component having a first articulating surface and a second component having a second articulating surface. The first component is attached to a superior articulating facet and the second component is attached to an inferior articulating facet. The first articulating surface and the second articulating surface articulate with each other and allow for multiple degrees of movement of the facet joint without fusing the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: J. Patrick Johnson, Christopher Zarembinski, Terrence T. Kim
  • Container for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
    Publication number: 20110094899
    Abstract: A container (1) for the storage and transport of waste electrical and/or electronic equipment has at least one tray (17) provided with an array (24) of upwardly projecting resilient locating portions. The tray receives relatively small waste equipment such as electric lamps, mobile telephones or the like in a number of different orientations in which the items will occupy spaces between the locating portions and will be gripped by the locating portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Johnson, Vincent Eckerman