Patents by Inventor Dean Knight

Dean Knight 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: 11249538
    Abstract: The present application teaches methods and apparatuses related to providing dynamic auxiliary port power management including providing a first current to a first auxiliary port and a second current to a second auxiliary port, determining a system power level in response to the first current and the second current, comparing the system power level to a system power level threshold, and providing a third current to the second auxiliary port in response to the system power level exceeding the system power level threshold, the third current having a lower amperage than the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Wallace, Dean Knight, Kristin Medin
  • Patent number: 11079823
    Abstract: The present application relates to providing auxiliary port function distinction by illuminating a first light emitting diode around a data transfer capable port wherein the first light emitting diode is illuminated in a first color, illuminating a second light emitting diode around a charge only port, receiving a first data connection request at the charge only port, illuminating the first light emitting diode a second color in response to the data connection request, receiving a second data connection request at the data transfer capable port, initiating a data connection handshake between a device connected to the data transfer capable port and a processor in response to the second data connection request, and illuminating the first light emitting diode the second color in response to the initiation of the data connection handshake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Medin, Timothy O'Hara, Dean Knight, Matthew Wallace, Kenneth Carden
  • Publication number: 20210223840
    Abstract: The present application relates to providing auxiliary port function distinction by illuminating a first light emitting diode around a data transfer capable port wherein the first light emitting diode is illuminated in a first color, illuminating a second light emitting diode around a charge only port, receiving a first data connection request at the charge only port, illuminating the first light emitting diode a second color in response to the data connection request, receiving a second data connection request at the data transfer capable port, initiating a data connection handshake between a device connected to the data transfer capable port and a processor in response to the second data connection request, and illuminating the first light emitting diode the second color in response to the initiation of the data connection handshake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Medin, Timothy O'Hara, Dean Knight, Matthew Wallace, Kenneth Carden
  • Publication number: 20210208665
    Abstract: The present application teaches methods and apparatuses related to providing dynamic auxiliary port power management including providing a first current to a first auxiliary port and a second current to a second auxiliary port, determining a system power level in response to the first current and the second current, comparing the system power level to a system power level threshold, and providing a third current to the second auxiliary port in response to the system power level exceeding the system power level threshold, the third current having a lower amperage than the second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Wallace, Dean Knight, Kristin Medin
  • Patent number: 10766669
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic or polymeric container (100) with reclosable zippers or reclosures (10) which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper or reclosure (10) including a first profile (12) with a first lower interlocking element (28) and a first upper interlocking element (29), wherein the first profile (12) is severed through the first upper interlocking element (29) to form a lower first profile (12?) and an upper first profile (12?). This severing forms at least one tab (18) extending from an upper edge of the lower first profile (12?) and including a portion of the first upper interlocking element (29?). The second profile (14) includes a second web portion (30) with a second lower interlocking element (44) and a second upper interlocking element (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Septien Rojas, Nigel Dean Knight
  • Publication number: 20200108979
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic or polymeric container (100) with reclosable zippers or reclosures (10) which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper or reclosure (10) including a first profile (12) with a first lower interlocking element (28) and a first upper interlocking element (29), wherein the first profile (12) is severed through the first upper interlocking element (29) to form a lower first profile (12?) and an upper first profile (12?). This severing forms at least one tab (18) extending from an upper edge of the lower first profile (12?) and including a portion of the first upper interlocking element (29?). The second profile (14) includes a second web portion (30) with a second lower interlocking element (44) and a second upper interlocking element (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jose Manuel SEPTIEN ROJAS, Nigel Dean KNIGHT
  • Patent number: 5733406
    Abstract: Valve making apparatus heat seals valve films together, and cools the resulting product web. Valves are preferably formed in two side-by-side serial arrays, with each operation of a valve die forming multiple balloon valves, including a portion of a balloon valve to be completed on a subsequent operation of the sealing die. A tension control and web conveyor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: M & D Balloons, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl Dean Knight