Patents by Inventor David B. Lee

David B. Lee 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: 8966361
    Abstract: As part of a document summary view system, a miniaturized version of a document is provided that presents a summary overview of the document over a user interface, enabling a user to easily read and distinguish the contents of the document. The summary view may preserve a basic format and/or layout of a document and may retain the core elements within the document including headings, bulleted lists, tables, images, and/or the first sentence of each paragraph, and obscure any remaining text and elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Lee
  • Patent number: 8740513
    Abstract: A dust collector is disclosed for use with a drill bit or a depth stop that is coupled to a drill bit. The dust collector includes a rear attachment portion configured to be axially fixed to a drill bit or to a drill bit depth stop that is axially fixed to a drill bit. An intermediate non-collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the rear attachment portion. The intermediate non-collapsible portion defines a dust-collecting pocket and is structured to inhibit collapse as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece. A front collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the intermediate non-collapsible portion and at least partially collapses as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee
  • Patent number: 8721234
    Abstract: A depth gauge for use with a drill bit includes a body configured to receive a drill bit, a retention mechanism coupled to the body and configured to removably couple the body to the drill bit, and a cap configured to be removably coupled to the body. The cap can be coupled to the body in one of a first position relative to the body where the cap contacts a workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a first depth, and a second position relative to the body where the cap contacts the workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a second depth that is different from the first depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Joseph Kelleher, Scott Muhlbaier, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Michael Peters, Rickey J. Thomas, Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret
  • Patent number: 8662801
    Abstract: A drill bit has a shank portion having a plurality of SDS-type slots, a cutting portion comprising at least one cutting flute, and an intermediate portion connecting the shank to the cutting portion, the intermediate portion including at least one additional slot. A depth gauge includes a body configured to receive the drill bit, a retention mechanism coupled to the body and having an inward projection to removably couple the body to the at least one additional slot in the drill bit, and a cap coupled to the body such that the cap contacts a workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a predetermined depth, wherein the cap is movable relative to the body among a plurality of positions, wherein each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a different predetermined drilling depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Joseph Kelleher, Scott Muhlbaier, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Michael Peters, Rickey J. Thomas, Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret
  • Publication number: 20130328276
    Abstract: A bit holder assembly for a rotary hand or powered tool, includes a body having a hex shank at its rearward end and a retraction collar slidably disposed on the body. The body has a coaxial hex socket formed therein to allow a tool bit to be inserted thereinto. A coil spring biases the retraction collar forwardly and biases a retaining clip toward the bottom of an angular slot formed in the body. The bit is removed by sliding the retraction collar rearwardly, to compress the coil spring and allow the retaining clip to retract back up the slot. A ring magnet is disposed at the forward end of the retraction collar to magnetize a fastener to retain the fastener to the bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Darren B. MOSS, Aland SANTAMARINA, David B. LEE, Michael P. PETERS, Mark E. BRUNSON, Ruth E. MITCHENER KEFFER
  • Publication number: 20120267374
    Abstract: A display package includes a blister assembly and a storage container. The blister assembly includes a front blister surface having a first opening therein and a rear blister surface coupled to the front blister surface and defining a first cavity. The storage container includes a first container portion secured within the first cavity, a second container portion hingedly coupled to the first container portion for pivotal displacement between an open position and a closed position, and a magnet fixed to an outer surface of the second container portion. The magnet is located at or beyond an outer perimeter of the blister assembly when the first container portion is secured within the first cavity. The magnet is configured to secure the display package to a metallic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
  • Patent number: 8267245
    Abstract: A display package includes a blister assembly and a storage container. The blister assembly includes a front blister surface having a first opening therein and a rear blister surface coupled to the front blister surface and defining a first cavity. The storage container includes a first container portion secured within the first cavity, a second container portion hingedly coupled to the first container portion for pivotal displacement between an open position and a closed position, and a magnet fixed to an outer surface of the second container portion. The magnet is located at or beyond an outer perimeter of the blister assembly when the first container portion is secured within the first cavity. The magnet is configured to secure the display package to a metallic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
  • Publication number: 20120211951
    Abstract: A clamp arrangement for securing an accessory to an oscillating power tool can include a clamp assembly including a first clamp member that moves relative to the accessory between a closed position wherein the clamp assembly retains the accessory and an open position wherein the first clamp is offset from the accessory permitting removal of the first accessory from the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly can further comprise a second clamp member having a first portion that opposes the first clamp member and cooperates with the first clamp member to clamp the accessory between the first and second clamp members. An attachment plate can carry the clamp assembly. The attachment plate can have a first mating detail formed thereon that is configured to selectively and removably mate with a complementary second mating detail on the power tool in an assembled position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Montplaisir, David B. Lee, Rachel A. Lombardo, Mark D. Miller, Kevin W. Covell
  • Publication number: 20120150577
    Abstract: A meeting lifecycle management service manages various aspects of a meeting lifecycle. An indication of a newly scheduled meeting is received at the meeting lifecycle management service, and information related to the meeting is managed, via the meeting lifecycle management service, prior to the meeting, during the meeting, and after the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Berg, Nathan James Fish, Joo Young Lee, Kuldeep Karnawat, Derek Matthias Hans, David B. Lee, Xiping Zuo, Nicole Danielle Steinbok, Nina F. Shih, Peter B. Rodes, Leslie Rae Ferguson, Joseph F. Friend
  • Publication number: 20120150863
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the ability to trigger the capture and storing of meeting state (or context) by way of a single user interaction (a “one-click” operation), referred to herein as a bookmark operation, and then to store and access the state for subsequent use. The state is captured relative to a point of reference, such as time, user, keywords, and reference to a document, for example. Thus, all state elements such as meeting activities, participants, and content (e.g., audio, video, images, text, documents, etc.). The bookmark assigned to the state at a particular reference can be selected to rehydrate all the state elements captured and associated with that bookmark (e.g., getting back to the point in the meeting to perceive a relevant portion of a document, part of the meeting video, or other recorded feed), as well as all other allowed state elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan James Fish, Joe Friend, Jeffrey Berg, Joo Young Lee, David B. Lee, Nina Shih, Nicole Danielle Steinbok, Peter Rodes, Leslie Rae Ferguson, Laura Neumann, Jeremy M. Santy
  • Publication number: 20120144292
    Abstract: As part of a document summary view system, a miniaturized version of a document is provided that presents a summary overview of the document over a user interface, enabling a user to easily read and distinguish the contents of the document. The summary view may preserve a basic format and/or layout of a document and may retain the core elements within the document including headings, bulleted lists, tables, images, and/or the first sentence of each paragraph, and obscure any remaining text and elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Lee
  • Publication number: 20110081214
    Abstract: A dust collector is disclosed for use with a drill bit or a depth stop that is coupled to a drill bit. The dust collector includes a rear attachment portion configured to be axially fixed to a drill bit or to a drill bit depth stop that is axially fixed to a drill bit. An intermediate non-collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the rear attachment portion. The intermediate non-collapsible portion defines a dust-collecting pocket and is structured to inhibit collapse as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece. A front collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the intermediate non-collapsible portion and at least partially collapses as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee
  • Publication number: 20110048988
    Abstract: A display package includes a blister assembly and a storage container. The blister assembly includes a front blister surface having a first opening therein and a rear blister surface coupled to the front blister surface and defining a first cavity. The storage container includes a first container portion secured within the first cavity, a second container portion hingedly coupled to the first container portion for pivotal displacement between an open position and a closed position, and a magnet fixed to an outer surface of the second container portion. The magnet is located at or beyond an outer perimeter of the blister assembly when the first container portion is secured within the first cavity. The magnet is configured to secure the display package to a metallic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
  • Publication number: 20100260565
    Abstract: A drill bit has a shank portion having a plurality of SDS-type slots, a cutting portion comprising at least one cutting flute, and an intermediate portion connecting the shank to the cutting portion, the intermediate portion including at least one additional slot. A depth gauge includes a body configured to receive the drill bit, a retention mechanism coupled to the body and having an inward projection to removably couple the body to the at least one additional slot in the drill bit, and a cap coupled to the body such that the cap contacts a workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a predetermined depth, wherein the cap is movable relative to the body among a plurality of positions, wherein each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a different predetermined drilling depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Joseph Kelleher, Scott Muhlbaier, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Michael Peters, Rickey J. Thomas, Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret
  • Publication number: 20100215450
    Abstract: A depth gauge for use with a drill bit includes a body configured to receive a drill bit, a retention mechanism coupled to the body and configured to removably couple the body to the drill bit, and a cap configured to be removably coupled to the body. The cap can be coupled to the body in one of a first position relative to the body where the cap contacts a workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a first depth, and a second position relative to the body where the cap contacts the workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a second depth that is different from the first depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Joseph Kelleher, Scott Muhlbaier, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Michael Peters, Rickey J. Thomas, Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret
  • Patent number: 7077892
    Abstract: The air purification system and method for purifying and cooling air for use in a building has an air pollutant removal stage, an air pre-cooling unit, and a dual cooling and water removal unit, including a cyclone separator having a cooling coil wrapped around the separator for condensing and removing water from the airflow. The method comprises the steps of removing pollutants from an incoming polluted airflow to provide a substantially pollutant free outgoing moist airflow; pre-cooling the substantially pollutant free moist airflow to provide a clean cool moist airflow; and condensing water out of the clean cool moist airflow to provide a substantially clean dry airflow suitable for use in a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventor: David B. Lee
  • Patent number: 5913817
    Abstract: A video camera isolation system and method for use with video cameras that are coupled to endoscopes that utilize simple pulse transformer technology to isolate the video camera head from the video processing circuitry allowing the processing circuitry to be referenced to ground. The video signal from the CCD sensor in the camera head is specifically processed to prevent shutter pulses from interfering with the isolated video signal. Special circuitry blanks the shutter pulse from the pulse transformer. Timing errors due to cable length delays are corrected by means of a pilot signal which correlates with the CCD output signal. Open collector data circuitry is also specially processed by dual channel detecting and amplifying circuits which are transistor switched through the pulse transformers before being delivered to and from the camera head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging
    Inventor: David B. Lee
  • Patent number: 5716323
    Abstract: A video camera isolation circuit for use with video cameras that are coupled to endoscopes utilizes simple pulse transformer technology to isolate the video camera head from the video processing circuitry allowing the processing circuitry to be referenced to ground. The video signal from the CCD sensor in the camera head is specially processed to prevent shutter pulses from interfering with the isolated video signal. Special circuitry blanks the shutter pulse from the pulse transformer. Open collector data circuitry is also specially processed by dual channel detecting and amplifying circuits which are transistor switched through the pulse transformers before being delivered to and from the camera head. Timing pulses are processed through logic buffering conditioning circuitry and pulse transformers for reconstruction on the secondary of the pulse transformer by hysteresis buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging
    Inventor: David B. Lee
  • Patent number: D689755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Quinn, David B. Lee, Maurice Lapointe, Glen V. Steinbrunner
  • Patent number: D699089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Quinn, David B. Lee, Maurice LaPointe, Glen V. Steinbrunner