Patents by Inventor David Voss
David Voss 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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Publication number: 20220168596Abstract: A respirator includes a frame, a filter layer, and a face seal member. The frame has an outer side and an inner side. The frame defines an opening therethrough. The filter layer is mounted to the outer side of the frame and covers the opening of the frame. The filter layer is configured to prohibit permeation of aerosol, gas, and/or vapor contaminants therethrough. The face seal member is mounted to the inner side of the frame. The face seal member includes a seal contact area configured to engage a facial surface of a wearer. The face seal member incorporates a phase change material therein. The phase change material is configured to provide localized cooling by absorbing heat emitted by the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Alyssa Sabolis, Michael Lee Parham, Amy Elizabeth Quiring, Ethan David Voss, Antti Seppälä, Gareth Roberts, Graham Peter Wilson, Troy Alan Baker, Carl Estcourt Tucker
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Patent number: 11273333Abstract: A respirator includes a frame, a filter layer, and a face seal member. The frame has an outer side and an inner side. The frame defines an opening therethrough. The filter layer is mounted to the outer side of the frame and covers the opening of the frame. The filter layer is configured to prohibit permeation of aerosol, gas, and/or vapor contaminants therethrough. The face seal member is mounted to the inner side of the frame. The face seal member includes a seal contact area configured to engage a facial surface of a wearer. The face seal member incorporates a phase change material therein. The phase change material is configured to provide localized cooling by absorbing heat emitted by the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Scott Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Alyssa Whitney Sabolis, Michael Parham, Amy Elizabeth Quiring, Ethan David Voss, Antti Seppälä, Gareth Roberts, Graham Peter Wilson, Troy Alan Baker, Carl Escort Tucker
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Patent number: 11090540Abstract: Game systems and methods of use thereof. Such a game system includes a pair of game boards each having a platform that defines an inclined surface, a pair of stakes each configured to protrude from one of the surfaces of the game boards, and at least two sets of game pieces, each game piece having two weighted tossable objects tethered to one another by a connecting member, each set of game pieces being readily identifiable from the other. A game may be played by tossing the game pieces towards the surfaces of the platforms and calculating a score based on the interaction between the game pieces and the stakes of the game boards and their surfaces, wherein the game ends when a predetermined total score is reached.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventor: David Voss
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Publication number: 20170113112Abstract: Game systems and methods of use thereof. Such a game system includes a pair of game boards each having a platform that defines an inclined surface, a pair of stakes each configured to protrude from one of the surfaces of the game boards, and at least two sets of game pieces, each game piece having two weighted tossable objects tethered to one another by a connecting member, each set of game pieces being readily identifiable from the other. A game may be played by tossing the game pieces towards the surfaces of the platforms and calculating a score based on the interaction between the game pieces and the stakes of the game boards and their surfaces, wherein the game ends when a predetermined total score is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventor: David Voss
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Publication number: 20170050057Abstract: A respiratory mask has a filter element that is optimally position relative to the inhale and exhale of a wearer's nose and mouth in relation to the size and shape of the filter allowing a direct pathway of the airflow between the wearer's nose and mouth to the filter. A non-permeable section, incorporated in the filter element, filtering structure, the sealing area or a combination thereof, is used to direct and channel the outer dispersed boundaries of the nasal and oral flow to the filter element. The optimally positioned filter coupled with channeling of the boundary flow through the filter element reduces residency time of exhaled breath in the mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Alyssa Whitney SABOLIS, Chris WARD, Michael PARHAM, Ethan David VOSS, Graham Peter WILSON
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Patent number: 9256318Abstract: An input device for controlling a device is provided. The input device comprises a sensor surface sensitive to being touched by a foreign body, and an evaluation unit, which is equipped to sense the positions of successively touched points of the sensor surface, and convert them into a control command for the device. The evaluation unit is connected to means for estimating an acceleration acting on the sensor surface and equipped, when converting into the control command, to weight a point touched at a time of intense acceleration change lower than a point touched at a time of slight acceleration change.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: David Voss, Joerg Hedrich, Marc Fuerst, Stefan Poppe, Andreas Lang, Michael Wagner, Marius Wrzesniewski
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Publication number: 20160001101Abstract: A respirator includes a frame, a filter layer, and a face seal member. The frame has an outer side and an inner side. The frame defines an opening therethrough. The filter layer is mounted to the outer side of the frame and covers the opening of the frame. The filter layer is configured to prohibit permeation of aerosol, gas, and/or vapor contaminants therethrough. The face seal member is mounted to the inner side of the frame. The face seal member includes a seal contact area configured to engage a facial surface of a wearer. The face seal member incorporates a phase change material therein. The phase change material is configured to provide localized cooling by absorbing heat emitted by the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Alyssa Whitney Sabolis, Michael Parham, Amy Elizabeth Quiring, Ethan David Voss, Antti SEPPÄLÄ, Gareth Roberts, Graham Peter Wilson, Troy Alan Baker, Carl Escort Tucker
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Publication number: 20140136051Abstract: An input device is provided for a motor vehicle, which comprises a touch-sensitive surface designed to detect the touch of a finger in order to selectively provide one or more instruction types for a connected device, and a finger type recognition unit for recognizing a finger type of the finger detected by the touch-sensitive surface, as well as an instruction output unit for outputting at least one instruction type as a function of the detected finger type.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Michael WAGNER, Stefan POPPE, Marius WRZESNIEWSKI, David VOSS, Andreas LANG, Marc FUERST, Joerg HEDRICH
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Publication number: 20130249869Abstract: An input device for controlling a device is provided. The input device comprises a sensor surface sensitive to being touched by a foreign body, and an evaluation unit, which is equipped to sense the positions of successively touched points of the sensor surface, and convert them into a control command for the device. The evaluation unit is connected to means for estimating an acceleration acting on the sensor surface and equipped, when converting into the control command, to weight a point touched at a time of intense acceleration change lower than a point touched at a time of slight acceleration change.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: David VOSS, Joerg HEDRICH, Marc FUERST, Stefan POPPE, Andreas LANG, Michael WAGNER, Marius WRZESNIEWSKI
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Publication number: 20130241895Abstract: An input device includes a sensor surface that is sensitive to a touch by a foreign body and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a first sensitive region of the sensor surface and, when the first sensitive region is touched by the foreign body, to supply a predetermined first detection signal. The control unit comprises means for estimating a direction of an acceleration change acting parallel to the sensor surface and is configured, under an effect of the acceleration change, to shift the first sensitive region at times in an active direction of the acceleration change.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: David VOSS, Joerg HEDRICH, Marc FUERST, Stefan POPPE, Andreas LANG, Michael WAGNER, Marius WRZESNIEWSKI
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Patent number: 6668925Abstract: “Well equipment transporting well fluid from a gassy well. A conduit is hung and sealed inside a string of casing, forcing the gas and well fluid to flow into the conduit. A gas separator and a series of flow controls and valves are mounted into and run with the conduit. A pump assembly is hung and sealed into the conduit for pumping well fluid to the surface. The pump assembly is lowered and retrieved from the conduit on tubing. The pump may be located below the motor, or above the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Christopher K. Shaw, David A. Voss, Jeffrey W. Knight, Michael J. Fox, Dewey Michael Loudermilk, Kenneth T. Bebak
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Publication number: 20030145989Abstract: Well equipment well fluid more efficiently from a gassy well. A conduit is hung and sealed inside a string of casing, forcing the gas and well fluid to flow into the conduit. A gas separator and a series of flow controls and valves are mounted into and run with the conduit. A pump assembly is hung and sealed into the conduit for pumping well fluid to the surface. The pump assembly is lowered and retrieved from the conduit on tubing. The pump may be located below the motor, or above the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Christopher K. Shaw, David A. Voss, Jeffrey W. Knight, Michael J. Fox, Dewey Michael Loudermilk, Kenneth T. Bebak
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Patent number: D474514Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignees: Hasbro, Inc., Wild Blue Invention & DesignInventors: Daniel West Price, Marysue Besl Price, Wayne Marshall Ginn, David Voss, Michelino Paolino, Jr.