Patents by Inventor D. Parker

D. Parker 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).

  • Publication number: 20240191575
    Abstract: A ladder having a foot having a plastic body with a recess which receives the end of a first rail and is positioned about and conforms to the web and the first and second flanges of the first rail. The foot has a plastic base having a top side from which the body extends. The base has a front edge. The foot has a metal rail fastener which extends through the body and the rail to attach the body and the rail together. The foot has a pad having a rigid plate with a rubber outer layer surrounding the rigid plate and a pad fastener hole that extends entirely through the rigid plate and rubber outer layer, the outer layer of the pad having a bottom with treads. The foot has a metal pad fastener that extends entirely through the pad and entirely through the base to attach the pad to the base so the rigid plate is between the treads and the base of the shell. A ladder foot. A method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Robert D. Beggs, Thomas W. Parker, Steven R. Dings, Joseph C. Dangrow
  • Publication number: 20240181624
    Abstract: A hand tool system includes a first hand tool part and a second hand tool part configured to be releasably connected together with the first hand tool part to form a combination hand tool. The first hand tool part includes a main body and a first connection part, and the second hand tool part includes a main body and a second connection part. The first connection part and the second connection part are configured to be releasably connected together in a state of compression. At least one of the first connection part or the second connection part includes a compression member configured to releasably apply compression to the second connection part or the first connection part to releasably connect the first connection part and the second connection part together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Amit L. RAN, Gregory D. PARKER
  • Patent number: 11986245
    Abstract: A computing device uses a plurality of images of arthroplasty to measure implant position. A virtual three-dimensional model is generated using at least some of the plurality of images. Moreover, the computing device configured in accordance with the present application simulates, as a function of the virtual three-dimensional model, movement at the site. As a function of the simulating, the computing device determines occurrence, location and type of impingement, and identifies, using the determined location and type of the impingement, a plurality of surgical plans for treating the impingement, wherein each of the surgical plans has a respective degree of treatment effectiveness and a respective degree of invasiveness. Further, the computing device selects one of the surgical plans in accordance with the selected plan's predetermined respective degree of effectiveness and in accordance with the selected plan's predetermined respective degree of invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    Inventors: Christina Esposito Parker, Joseph D. Lipman, David J. Mayman
  • Publication number: 20240147978
    Abstract: In A fishing reel including a housing, a shaft supported in the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing around a shaft axis extended in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and a spool fixed with the shaft to rotate with the shaft around the shaft axis for winding and unwinding a fishing line. The fishing reel also includes a stator fixed with the housing, where the spool is configured to rotate with the shaft relative to the stator and the housing, a stator magnet that is an electromagnet fixed with the stator, a rotor including a first rotor plate fixed with the shaft to rotate with the shaft around the shaft axis, and a first rotor magnet fixed with the first rotor plate. The stator magnet is configured to receive an electrical current and generate a magnetic field from the stator to the first rotor magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Philip Parker, William D. Sebastian, William Eugene Rabbitt, Robert F. Soreo
  • Patent number: 11961401
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Felipe G. Salles, Shintaro Iwaasa, Louis Brugman, Devang H. Parekh, Robert D. Slater, Christopher J. Risberg, Nutonya L. Parker
  • Publication number: 20240120123
    Abstract: A method of generating power using a Thorium-containing molten salt fuel is disclosed. One example of the disclosed method includes the steps of providing a vessel containing a molten salt fuel, the molten salt fuel comprising Thorium and at least one salt containing a nucleus capable of interacting with a proton of sufficient energy to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the generation of a neutron at a first energy level and generating a proton beam externally to the vessel, where the externally generated proton beam being of an energy level sufficient to interact with the at least one salt in the vessel to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the generation of a neutron at the first energy level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TEXAS THORIUM LLC
    Inventors: HOLLOWAY H. FROST, RODOLFO VAGHETTO, YASSIN A. HASSAN, LIN SHAO, TREVOR D. PARKER
  • Patent number: 11952598
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glucosyltransferases with modified amino acid sequences. Such engineered enzymes exhibit improved alpha-glucan product yields and/or lower leucrose yields, for example. Further disclosed are reactions and methods in which engineered glucosyltransferases are used to produce alpha-glucan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
    Inventors: Yougen Li, Mark S. Payne, Jared B. Parker, Slavko Kralj, Veli Alkan, Richard R. Bott, Robert Dicosimo, Qiong Cheng, Ellen D. Semke, Susan Marie Hennessey
  • Publication number: 20240091017
    Abstract: A radial head assembly is provided that includes a collar, an articular member, an articular head component, and stem that is configured to engage the articular head component. The articular member at least partially defines an articular space within the collar when disposed in the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Matthew Victor KARTHOLL, Brad Alan PARKER, Kevin Alika FARLEY, Ryan D. KOEPKE
  • Patent number: 11933106
    Abstract: A ladder having a foot having a plastic body with a recess which receives the end of a first rail and is positioned about and conforms to the web and the first and second flanges of the first rail. The foot has a plastic base having a top side from which the body extends. The base has a front edge. The foot has a metal rail fastener which extends through the body and the rail to attach the body and the rail together. The foot has a pad having a rigid plate with a rubber outer layer surrounding the rigid plate and a pad fastener hole that extends entirely through the rigid plate and rubber outer layer, the outer layer of the pad having a bottom with treads. The foot has a metal pad fastener that extends entirely through the pad and entirely through the base to attach the pad to the base so the rigid plate is between the treads and the base of the shell. A ladder foot. A method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WERNER CO.
    Inventors: Robert D. Beggs, Thomas W. Parker, Steven R. Dings, Joseph C. Dangrow
  • Publication number: 20240017715
    Abstract: A motorized vehicle can include a ground-engaging wheel or propeller, an electric motor that rotates the wheel or propeller, an internal combustion engine, and a generator that produces electrical power in response to operation of the internal combustion engine. The motorized vehicle can include a controller that is configured to selectively supply the electrical power from the generator to a battery and/or the electric motor. A method of operating a motorized vehicle can include inputting journey data to a controller, the journey data including a journey distance and/or a journey destination, and the controller selecting a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine of the motorized vehicle based at least in part on the journey data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Charles D. PARKER
  • Patent number: 11863980
    Abstract: A System Platform establishes a Genuine User ID (“GUID”), creates a user profile for an Intended User, generates a unique data set based upon input associated with the user profile and a digital device it has registered to the Intended User. The output of the GUID in combination with the output of an algorithm in a provisioning application enables the digital device to respond to Access Requests at an Access Point. The response from the genuine Intended User's application on their genuine digital device produces a unique data package which combines the GUID, a device ID for the digital device and the output of the algorithm using the payload obtained from one or more data management sources. The unique data package can be tailored for many different uses by the intended user, including uses which are attended or unattended, with varying levels of security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SYQURX, INC.
    Inventors: Joan Ziegler, Richard Sergio Nassar, Darin Nelson, Neil Charles MacDonald, William James Templeton-Steadman, Mark A Villiott, Glen D Parker
  • Publication number: 20230392976
    Abstract: A fluid container measurement system is configured to suspend a load measurement assembly a distance above a support surface. The load measurement assembly houses a load cell and a measurement control circuit. The measurement control circuit is coupled to the load cell and configured to receive electrical signals indicative of a force imposed on the load cell. Electrical signals generated by the load cell indicative of the force exerted on the load cell can be used to measure the fluid container attached to the load cell linkage member. Methods of measuring a fluid container include attaching a fluid container to a fluid container attachment region and displaying the load measurement on a display adjustably attached to an upper surface of the housing of the load measurement assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Walter D. Parker, Edward J. Mueller, Keith H. Gausmann, Nathan T. Luck, Scott E. Liddle
  • Publication number: 20230311845
    Abstract: A motorized vehicle can include a ground-engaging wheel or propeller, an electric motor that rotates the wheel or propeller, an internal combustion engine, and a generator that produces electrical power in response to operation of the internal combustion engine. The motorized vehicle can include a controller that is configured to selectively supply the electrical power from the generator to a battery and/or the electric motor. A method of operating a motorized vehicle can include inputting journey data to a controller, the journey data including a journey distance and/or a journey destination, and the controller selecting a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine of the motorized vehicle based at least in part on the journey data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Charles D. PARKER
  • Patent number: 11733087
    Abstract: A fluid container measurement system is disclosed. The fluid container measurement system is configured to suspend a load measurement assembly a distance above a support surface. The load measurement assembly houses a load cell and a measurement control circuit. The measurement control circuit is coupled to the load cell and configured to receive electrical signals indicative of a force imposed on the load cell. Electrical signals generated by the load cell indicative of the force exerted on the load cell can be used to measure the fluid container attached to the load cell linkage member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Adaptec Medical Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Walter D. Parker, Edward J. Mueller, Keith H. Gausmann, Nathan T Luck, Scott E. Liddle
  • Publication number: 20230149408
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Formula Ia, Formula Ib, Formula Ic, or Formula Id, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is set forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle E. PARCELLA, Gautam DALWADI, Eric P. GILLIS, Dawn D. PARKER
  • Publication number: 20230122190
    Abstract: A flange-mounted inline valve arrangement includes a flange having an internal fluid passage, and an inline electrically-operable valve coupled to the flange. The inline valve includes a valve body and a valve member movable relative to the fluid passage in the flange for controlling flow. The valve arrangement also includes an electrical feed that connects to the electrically-operable valve through the flange for enabling an electrical connection external to the flange and other system piping. At least part of the electrical feed may be in a flow path and is fluidly sealed to prevent electrical shorts. The valve arrangement may be installed into the system as a single unit with an exterior coupling of the electrical feed on an exterior part of the flange to easily make the external electrical connection. The valve arrangement may be used in a chiller, where the inline valve is an electronic expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Eric R. COYLE, Christian D. PARKER, Craig M. OBERMARK
  • Patent number: 11621098
    Abstract: A method of generating power using a Thorium-containing molten salt fuel is disclosed. One example includes the steps of providing a vessel containing a molten salt fuel, generating a proton beam externally to the vessel, where the externally generated proton beam is of an energy level sufficient to interact with material within a fuel rod in the vessel to produce (p, n) reactions resulting in the generation of neutrons at a first energy level. Neutrons generated within the vessel through the (p, n) reactions are utilized to produce a fission reaction which increases the heat content of the molten salt within the vessel. In the example, a heat exchanger is used to extract heat from the molten salt within the vessel and power is generated from the extracted heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Thorium, LLC
    Inventors: Holloway H. Frost, Rodolfo Vaghetto, Yassin A. Hassan, Lin Shao, Trevor D. Parker
  • Publication number: 20230046498
    Abstract: A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A non directional tread pattern is defined on the tire and includes a plurality of longitudinal protrusions positioned substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions are arranged in first and second rows extending from the first and second side walls toward and across the equatorial plane of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions of the first and second rows circumferentially alternate with each other and there is a circumferential spacing between adjacent longitudinal protrusions at the equatorial plane so that no portion of one longitudinal protrusion circumferentially coincides with or overlaps another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bill J. Wallet, John J. Regallis, Jeffrey D. Parker, Nobuo Shimizu, Andrew T. Miklic, Keith A. Dumigan
  • Publication number: 20230050820
    Abstract: A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A non directional tread pattern is defined on the tire and includes a plurality of longitudinal protrusions positioned substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions are arranged in first and second rows extending from the first and second side walls toward and across the equatorial plane of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions of the first and second rows circumferentially alternate with each other and there is a circumferential spacing between adjacent longitudinal protrusions at the equatorial plane so that no portion of one longitudinal protrusion circumferentially coincides with or overlaps another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bill J. Wallet, John J. Regallis, Jeffrey D. Parker, Nobuo Shimizu, Andrew T. Miklic
  • Publication number: 20230041327
    Abstract: A method of generating power using a Thorium-containing molten salt fuel is disclosed. One example of the disclosed method includes the steps of providing a vessel containing a molten salt fuel, the molten salt fuel comprising Thorium and at least one salt containing a nucleus capable of interacting with a proton of sufficient energy to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the generation of a neutron at a first energy level and generating a proton beam externally to the vessel, where the externally generated proton beam being of an energy level sufficient to interact with the at least one salt in the vessel to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the generation of a neutron at the first energy level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Texas Thorium LLC
    Inventors: Holloway H. Frost, Rodolfo Vaghetto, Yassin A. Hassan, Lin Shao, Trevor D. Parker