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).
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Patent number: 8966361Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David B. Lee
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Patent number: 8740513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee
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Patent number: 8721234Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8662801Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20130328276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Darren B. MOSS, Aland SANTAMARINA, David B. LEE, Michael P. PETERS, Mark E. BRUNSON, Ruth E. MITCHENER KEFFER
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Publication number: 20120267374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
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Patent number: 8267245Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
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Publication number: 20120211951Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Sarah J. Montplaisir, David B. Lee, Rachel A. Lombardo, Mark D. Miller, Kevin W. Covell
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Publication number: 20120150577Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20120150863Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20120144292Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David B. Lee
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Publication number: 20110081214Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Aland Santamarina, Darren B. Moss, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee
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Publication number: 20110048988Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Stanley K. Kotula, Darren B. Moss, Daniel G. Findle, Mark E. Brunson, David B. Lee, Lauren M. Wenchel
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Publication number: 20100260565Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20100215450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 7077892Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Inventor: David B. Lee
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Patent number: 5913817Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Karl Storz ImagingInventor: David B. Lee
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Patent number: 5716323Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 1995Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Karl Storz ImagingInventor: David B. Lee
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Patent number: D689755Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Quinn, David B. Lee, Maurice Lapointe, Glen V. Steinbrunner
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Patent number: D699089Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Quinn, David B. Lee, Maurice LaPointe, Glen V. Steinbrunner