Patents by Inventor David Jonathan Zimmer

David Jonathan Zimmer 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: 11980787
    Abstract: An exercise machine comprises an arm support, including: a carriage configured to slide within a track attached to the exercise machine; and a support assembly that floats the carriage relative to the track, wherein the support assembly is disengaged by the application of force via the arm. An exercise machine comprises a rotatable column, wherein the column supports an arm, and a gear detent mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the rotatable column. An exercise machine comprises a tiltable arm, and a mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the tiltable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Gisin, Michael Valente, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20240108939
    Abstract: A weight training machine comprises: a motor; a line that is tensioned by the motor; a spool that takes up the line, wherein the spool includes a flange wherein the flange defines a capture region for the line; and a line guide adjacent to the spool, wherein the line guide prevents the line from persistently escaping from the capture region for the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Perry, David Jonathan Zimmer, Anya Richardson Quenon, David Mallard, Colin Russell Parker
  • Publication number: 20230381567
    Abstract: An exercise machine comprises an arm support, including: a carriage configured to slide within a track attached to the exercise machine; and a support assembly that floats the carriage relative to the track, wherein the support assembly is disengaged by the application of force via the arm. An exercise machine comprises a rotatable column, wherein the column supports an arm, and a gear detent mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the rotatable column. An exercise machine comprises a tiltable arm, and a mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the tiltable arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Gisin, Michael Valente, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20230293946
    Abstract: In response to physical connection of an exercise accessory with a portion of an exercise machine, an identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is received. A signal including the identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20230264062
    Abstract: A strength training machine includes a first motor oriented at a first angle relative to a chassis. It further includes a second motor oriented at a second angle relative to the chassis. The first and second angles skew the motors with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Colin Russell Parker, Nihal Murthy, David Jonathan Zimmer, Michael Valente, Reza Yazdani, Thomas Kroman Watt
  • Patent number: 11730999
    Abstract: An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises a translatable arm mount coupled to the tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises an arm coupled to the translatable arm mount. The exercise machine comprises a cable coupled to the tension generating device via the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Robert Nicholson, Mark Peter McNally, David Mallard, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11642561
    Abstract: An exercise machine comprises an arm support, including: a carriage configured to slide within a track attached to the exercise machine; and a support assembly that floats the carriage relative to the track, wherein the support assembly is disengaged by the application of force via the arm. An exercise machine comprises a rotatable column, wherein the column supports an arm, and a gear detent mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the rotatable column. An exercise machine comprises a tiltable arm, and a mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the tiltable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Gisin, Michael Valente, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11577126
    Abstract: In response to physical connection of an exercise accessory with a portion of an exercise machine, an identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is received. A signal including the identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11465015
    Abstract: An exercise accessory includes a load bearing shaft. It further includes a ring-shaped actuator oriented substantially concentrically to the shaft that is responsive to radial pressure from a user. The radial pressure from the user causes a control signal to be transmitted from the exercise accessory to an exercise machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11458367
    Abstract: An exercise system includes a load bearing element having a control element. It further includes a resistance mechanism responsive to a signal from the control element. The signal from the control element is selectively rejected based on state information relating to a state of the load bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11458366
    Abstract: An exercise accessory includes a load bearing element. It further includes a haptic actuator. In response to an indication of an event pertaining to a load on the load bearing element, the haptic actuator is configured to generate a vibration pattern corresponding to the event. Different events are associated with different vibration patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220305342
    Abstract: An exercise system includes an exercise machine and an exercise handle coupled to the exercise machine via a cable, the exercise handle comprising a set of sensors. The set of sensors is used to detect a location of a portion of a user's hand on the exercise handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220296967
    Abstract: In response to physical connection of an exercise accessory with a portion of an exercise machine, an identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is received. A signal including the identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11389699
    Abstract: In response to physical connection of an exercise accessory with a portion of an exercise machine, an identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is received. A signal including the identifier of the portion of the exercise machine is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220143454
    Abstract: An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises a translatable arm mount coupled to the tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises an arm coupled to the translatable arm mount. The exercise machine comprises a cable coupled to the tension generating device via the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Dana Robert Nicholson, Mark Peter McNally, David Mallard, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220118304
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a resistance unit having a connecting gear. It further includes a cable. It further includes an arm that routes the cable to an actuator. The arm is rotatable relative to the resistance unit about the connecting gear, the arm having a central axis. The arm includes a control that mechanically disengages a locking mechanism from the connecting gear. The control is activated by an activation force substantially directed either toward the central axis of the arm, along a length of the arm, or about the central axis. The activation force is mechanically converted into linear force along the arm that disengages the locking mechanism from the connecting gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Peter McNally, Michael Valente, Anya Richardson Quenon, Patricia Holloway Howes, Scott Thomas Rider, Daniel Jordan Kayser, David Mallard, David Jonathan Zimmer, Maxwell Walter Davis
  • Patent number: 11285355
    Abstract: An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises a translatable arm mount coupled to the tension generating device. The exercise machine comprises an arm coupled to the translatable arm mount. The exercise machine comprises a cable coupled to the tension generating device via the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Robert Nicholson, Mark Peter McNally, David Mallard, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220032159
    Abstract: An exercise accessory includes a load bearing element. It further includes a haptic actuator. In response to an indication of an event pertaining to a load on the load bearing element, the haptic actuator is configured to generate a vibration pattern corresponding to the event. Different events are associated with different vibration patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220032121
    Abstract: An exercise system includes a load bearing element having a control element. It further includes a resistance mechanism responsive to a signal from the control element. The signal from the control element is selectively rejected based on state information relating to a state of the load bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20220032158
    Abstract: An exercise accessory includes a load bearing shaft. It further includes a ring-shaped actuator oriented substantially concentrically to the shaft that is responsive to radial pressure from a user. The radial pressure from the user causes a control signal to be transmitted from the exercise accessory to an exercise machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer