Patents by Inventor David Wayne

David Wayne 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).

  • Publication number: 20250148522
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Vast.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, David Wayne Franke
  • Publication number: 20250136482
    Abstract: A process and system for effective treatment of a water stream containing dissolved metal contaminants. The process and system employ the electrocoagulation principle to enable precipitation of the dissolved metal contaminants and provide sufficient residence time for completion of the precipitation process so that flocs of the dissolved metal contaminants that can be easily separated are generated thereby resulting in effective treatment of the water stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Muddy River Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Stephenson, Michael Stephen Gardner, Travis David Wayne Reid
  • Publication number: 20250134558
    Abstract: A tulip head extender includes a body comprising a first arm, a second arm, a first end, and a second end, the first and second arms each having an inside surface including internal threading; a first side extending downwardly from the first end of the first arm and the first end of the second arm, the first side forming a first channel; and a second side extending downwardly from the second end of the first arm and the second end of the second arm, the second side forming a second channel, the second side spaced apart a distance SW from the first side and configured to receive a tulip head of a bone anchor therebetween. The first and second channels are axially aligned with each other, and the body includes an inwardly extending surface configured to abut a top surface of a tulip head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Rebecca Boerigter Lengyel, Ryan Harper, Scott Lubensky, David Wayne Daniels, Collin Gibbs, Scott J. Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20250122006
    Abstract: A storage facility. The facility comprises a plurality of load-bearing containers located at a single facility. The facility further comprises a climate controlled enclosure comprising a skin and providing a volume around the plurality of load-bearing containers. The climate controlled enclosure further comprises a ceiling above and positioned to shield an uppermost level of the plurality of load-bearing containers from outdoor environmental exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: David Wayne LEDOUX, Richard Waldon STOCKTON, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250108453
    Abstract: A welding device may include a weld head. A welding device may include a positive welding electrode connected to the weld head. A welding device may include a positive electromagnetic actuator connected to the positive welding electrode. A welding device may include a positive position sensor configured to detect a position of the positive welding electrode. A welding device may include a positive force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the positive welding electrode. A welding device may include a negative welding electrode connected to the weld head. A welding device may include a negative electromagnetic actuator connected to the negative welding electrode. A welding device may include a negative position sensor configured to detect a position of the negative welding electrode. A welding device may include a negative force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the negative welding electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Larin Amos DODGEN, David Wayne HOLLOWAY, Thane William KENNEDY, Scott Eugene STUBBS
  • Patent number: 12262919
    Abstract: A polyaxial rod connector comprising a body having an external surface. The connector body is intersected by an imaginary first reference plane and an imaginary second reference plane perpendicular to the first plane. The first body portion is on one side of the first plane and defines a first spinal rod passage defining a first passage axis and a first set screw opening defining a first axis perpendicular to the first passage axis. A second body portion is adjoined to the first body portion, defining a second spinal rod passage defining a plurality of passage axes, and a second set screw opening defining a second axis perpendicular to the plurality of second passage axes. The first passage axis is non-parallel with one of second passage axes in the second plane. Either the first or second spinal rod passage have an hourglass shaped cross-section parallel to the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: OrthoPediatrics Corp.
    Inventors: Rebecca Boerigter Lengyel, Collin Gibbs, Scott Lubensky, David Wayne Daniels
  • Patent number: 12259466
    Abstract: Described is a method for extraction of a region of interest (ROI) from a composite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) phase history data. The method comprising receiving, with a system comprising a processor, the composite SAR phase history data of a plurality of backscattered return signals produced by a SAR system illuminating a scene with a SAR beam. The method also comprises obtaining a location of a first ROI within the scene and extracting from the composite SAR phase history data a first component SAR phase history data corresponding to the ROI at the location of the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Adour Vahe Kabakian, David Wayne Payton, Brian N. Limketkai, Soheil Kolouri, Qin Jiang
  • Publication number: 20250065209
    Abstract: The golf aid disclosed herein includes a shell of rigid construction that engages the portion of the arm including distal posterior portions of a forearm, posterior portions of a wrist, and a back of a hand proximal to knuckles while leaving a palm and a thumb exposed. The shell is configured to control a wrist throughout a golf stroke by maintaining the wrist in a neutral position to prevent flexion and extension of the wrist during a golf stoke. Related methods of use of the golf aid may include wrapping a material about a portion of an arm and allowing the material wrapped about the portion of the arm to transform into the rigid state while gripping a golf club and maintaining the distal portions of the forearm, the wrist, the hand, and the golf club in alignment. The methods may include the step of maintaining the wrist in a neutral position thereby preventing flexion and extension of the wrist by engaging the shell with the arm while performing a golf stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: OSBORNE EARL SMITH, DAVID WAYNE WATKINS, JR., JOSEPH DOUGLAS LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20250067373
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for constructing a flange on a pipe using an additive manufacturing process, such as directed energy deposition, powder bed fusion, friction-stir, or diode laser cladding. The flange can be constructed on a pipe comprising an oxide dispersion strengthen or nickel-based alloys, in particular a precipitation strengthened nickel-based alloy, such that the pipe maintains its inherent mechanical and metallurgical properties, including hardness, tensile strength, yield strength, fracture toughness, creep strength, fatigue, which would otherwise be reduced based upon typical welding of a flange to the end of the pipe. The flange can be constructed around the exterior of a pipe at the end of the pipe to allow use of the flange in connecting the pipe via bolting to other piping components, such as another pipe with a corresponding flange, a valve flange, a pump flange, or any other type of flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: David Wayne Gandy, Mark Albert
  • Publication number: 20250058877
    Abstract: A heated seat for an aircraft includes a heating element disposed on a cushioning material and overlayed by an upholstery. The heating element includes a flexible base and a plurality of thin and flexible heating coils that conform to the seat shape such that no cushioning material is applied between the heating element and the upholstery. By providing direct contact between the heating element and the upholstery, smaller heating elements requiring less electrical power may be used to sufficiently heat the seat compared with traditional heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: David Wayne Davis, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Patent number: 12230923
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing defining an interior cavity and extending from a mounting end to an engagement end, and at least one signal component disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. The housing is formed from a conductive composite material and engages the at least one signal component to shield the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan, Timothy Robert Minnick, David Wayne Helster, Ting Gao, Jialing Wang, Mark Wartenberg
  • Publication number: 20250052089
    Abstract: A fence bracket for installing a horizontal fence, and a method of using the same that decreases the expense and time of installing two different types of horizontal fencing configurations. The fence bracket directly connects to a post to define a fence member slot oriented in a direction shared by a surface of the post to which the fence bracket is directly connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventor: David Wayne Silverthorne
  • Publication number: 20250042552
    Abstract: A seat release system and device, the system including an interface assembly that provides actuation signaling, an actuation device that communicatively provides mechanical motion in response to the actuation signaling, a cable connected to the actuation device, and a recline release cylinder having a gas release button and a release lever at a first end, and having a cylinder piston arm in the recline release cylinder at a second end. The release lever is attached to a second end of the cable where the cable moves the release lever in response to the mechanical motion of the actuation device. The gas release button vents the recline release cylinder to atmosphere in response to being depressed as a result of the cable moving the release lever. The cylinder piston arm may move in the recline release cylinder in response to the gas release button being depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew William Reese, David Wayne Davis, Joshua Lawrence Bell
  • Patent number: 12216198
    Abstract: Disclosed is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system for target recognition with complex range profile. The SAR system comprising a memory, a recurrent neural network (RNN), a multi-layer linear network in signal communication the RNN, and a machine-readable medium on the memory. The machine-readable medium is configured to store instructions that, when executed by the RNN, cause the SAR system to perform various operations. The various operation comprise: receiving raw SAR data associated with observed views of a scene, wherein the raw SAR data comprises information captured via the SAR system; radio frequency (RF) preprocessing the received raw SAR data to produce a processed raw SAR data; converting the processed raw SAR data to a complex SAR range profile data; processing the complex SAR range profile data with the RNN having RNN states; and mapping the RNN states to a target class with the multi-layer linear network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Qin Jiang, David Wayne Payton, Soheil Kolouri, Adour Vahe Kabakian, Brian N. Limketkai
  • Patent number: 12201154
    Abstract: A device for converting a consumable into an aerosol with high heat without burning the consumable by packaging the consumable containing an internal susceptor inside an encasement having a plurality of holes with an induction heating element wrapped around the consumable-containing package to heat the susceptor using a magnetic field generated by the induction heating element. Combustion of the consumable-containing package can be minimized by limiting air inside the consumable-containing package by coating the encasement material that melts at high temperatures. The coating may also include a flavoring. Efficiency of the device can be enhanced with a self-resonant oscillator, moving coils, multi-prong susceptors, sensors, heat dissipation, air flow control, alignment mechanisms, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Chinhak Chong, William Bartkowski, David Crosby, David Wayne
  • Patent number: 12201139
    Abstract: A device and method for converting a consumable into an aerosol with high heat without burning the consumable by packaging the consumable containing an internal susceptor inside a housing. The consumable can be in the form of a compressed powder. A first end of the housing can be capped with an end cap and a second end of the housing can have a mouthpiece. The housing containing the consumable and the susceptor can be placed inside a case with an inductive heating element configured to heat the susceptor. Heating the susceptor results in the consumable being released as an aerosol for inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Chinhak Chong, William Bartkowski, David Crosby, David Wayne
  • Patent number: 12201328
    Abstract: A pedicle screw tulip head extender. The extender can include an upper body portion joined to a lower body portion. The upper body portion can have two opposing arms extending upwardly from a curved lower surface to define a substantially U-shaped interior channel having a first channel axis, the curved lower surface defining an access opening extending through the upper body portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the first channel axis. The lower body portion can extend downwardly as a protrusion from the upper body portion and can be joined to the upper body portion and can have first and second sides, the first and second sides being substantially planar and parallel and separated by an interior portion, the first and second sides defining a protrusion height and a protrusion width. A screw can be disposed in the interior portion and have external threads defining a thread diameter greater than the protrusion width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: OrthoPediatrics Corp.
    Inventors: Rebecca Boerigter Lengyel, Ryan Harper, Scott Lubensky, David Wayne Daniels, Collin Gibbs, Scott J. Luhmann
  • Patent number: 12188220
    Abstract: A self-storage facility with a first set of load bearing modular units (LBMUs) aligned along a same first horizontal plane. The first set has a plurality of rows of LBMUs and each LBMU in each row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs is positioned in a side-to-side relationship with another LBMU in a corresponding row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs. Furth, each LBMU in each row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs is positioned in at least one end-to-end relationship with another LBMU in an adjacent row of a plurality of rows of LBMUs. The facility also includes a first passageway through both sidewalls and transverse to a major axis of each LBMU in a majority of the LBMUs in a first row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs, and a second passageway through both sidewalls and transverse to a major axis of each LBMU in a majority of the LBMUs in a second row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GS LICENSECO LLC
    Inventors: David Wayne Ledoux, Richard Waldon Stockton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12168530
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a spacecraft includes an electronics housing having a sun-facing side. The spacecraft further includes a peel-and-stick thermal control material coupled to the sun-facing side of the electronics housing. The peel-and-stick thermal control material includes a non-metallic optical interface coating, a carrier film, and an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Ramirez, Donna Hooker, Olivia Christine Chen, Megan Taylor Isabelle, David Wayne Knapp, Meredith Swegan Nevius
  • Patent number: D1055834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Harrell, Edward Francis Funke, David Wayne Davis