Patents by Inventor Dave Hess

Dave Hess 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).

  • Apparatus and method of forming a stack of food products within a storage container
    Patent number: 8215087
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a stack of food products in a storage container, and a method therefor. The apparatus comprises a first gate moveable between an open and a closed position that drops a row of food products onto a second gate moveable between an open and a closed position. The second gate receives multiple rows of food products and once a predetermined number of rows have been received, the second gate opens to release the rows of food products into the storage container below it. As the first gate shifts from the open to the closed position, it can advance, at least in part, a subsequent row of food products onto the first gate for later release onto the second gate. The area defined by the second gate and the first gate is a temporary staging area which can increase in height after receiving subsequent rows of food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ervin Malenke, Scott Adler, Tod Heleniak, Dave Hess
  • Cellular telephone and multimedia accessory audio system adaptor and methods therefor
    Patent number: 8032076
    Abstract: An audiocassette adapter (10) for coupling a mobile wireless communication station (20) to an audiocassette player, including a cassette head coupling device (12), a cassette adapter insertion detect switch (14), a mobile wireless communication station coupling device (50) having a mobile wireless communication station audio input coupled to the cassette head coupling device, the mobile wireless communication station coupling device having an insertion detect signal output (54) coupled to the cassette adapter insertion detect switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Kapoor, Chuck Nicketta, Dave Hess, Mike Aulert
  • Apparatus and Method of Forming a Stack of Food Products Within a Storage Container
    Publication number: 20100146909
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a stack of food products in a storage container, and a method therefor. The apparatus comprises a first gate moveable between an open and a closed position that drops a row of food products onto a second gate moveable between an open and a closed position. The second gate receives multiple rows of food products and once a predetermined number of rows have been received, the second gate opens to release the rows of food products into the storage container below it. As the first gate shifts from the open to the closed position, it can advance, at least in part, a subsequent row of food products onto the first gate for later release onto the second gate. The area defined by the second gate and the first gate is a temporary staging area which can increase in height after receiving subsequent rows of food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Ervin MALENKE, Scott Adler, Tod Heleniak, Dave Hess
  • Cellular telephone and multimedia accessory audio system adaptor and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20030036407
    Abstract: An audiocassette adapter (10) for coupling a mobile wireless communication station (20) to an audiocassette player, including a cassette head coupling device (12), a cassette adapter insertion detect switch (14), a mobile wireless communication station coupling device (50) having a mobile wireless communication station audio input coupled to the cassette head coupling device, the mobile wireless communication station coupling device having an insertion detect signal output (54) coupled to the cassette adapter insertion detect switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Vikram Kapoor, Chuck Nicketta, Dave Hess, Mike Aulert