Patents by Inventor Donald Scott

Donald Scott 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).

  • Energy harvesting system
    Patent number: 9397588
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a joint and an energy harvesting system. The energy harvesting system includes an energy conversion system configured to convert kinetic energy from movement of the joint into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Scott Coonrod, Ronald Wayne Webb
  • MARINE LIFTING VESSEL
    Publication number: 20160194060
    Abstract: For a self-powered marine lifting vessel or catamaran having static buoyancy, a working deck is forcibly raised or lowered by flexing or extending each of a plurality of articulated pairs of fixedly mounted support beams connecting each hull and the deck. One version uses locally applied forces at the joints from adjacent hydraulic cylinders, incidentally causing the hulls to rotate about their axes. Another version forces the hulls to rotate axially from a non-rotating aft inter-hull linkage. Applications include routine harbour maintenance and hull cleaning, then emergency marine pollution including oil cleanup at a polluted site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Scott THOM, Norman Clifford SMITH
  • Exercise lifting bar with translating hand grips
    Patent number: 9375601
    Abstract: The problems of efficiency and safety when exercising the pectoral muscles are solved in at least one aspect while maintaining low-complexity and portability by a free weight barbell with translating hand grips, with the grips having an integral weight application loading surface that moves with the grip. Provided is an exercise lifting bar having at least two hand grips, an integral loading surface for holding optional plate weights coupled to each hand grip, the paired or coupled grips and loading surfaces thereby defining a member; the members further being substantially cylindrical, collinear, and operable to translate relative to one another. Also included is a translation limiter to limit the motion between the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Edge Prototype LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Donald Scott Yeager, Martin Carlos Todd, Brian Paul Overbeck
  • Adjustable limit bar with sway control
    Patent number: 9315084
    Abstract: An adjustable limit bar assembly for a suspension system includes an elongated member having a longitudinal axis and an attachment mechanism disposed on an end of the elongated member and configured for attachment to a vehicle frame component. First bumper and second bumpers are co-axially disposed on the elongated member and spaced from a plate connected to an axle by a distance, wherein the distance is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Becker, Donald Scott Hansen
  • Subsea on-site chemical injection management system
    Patent number: 9309750
    Abstract: A system includes a subsea on-site chemical injection management system configured to inject a chemical mixture into a well, wherein the subsea on-site chemical injection management system includes a subsea on-site head tank configured to store a plurality of discrete chemicals, a subsea on-site mixing unit configured to mix one or more of the plurality of discrete chemicals to create one or more chemical mixtures, and a subsea on-site distribution unit configured to distribute the one or more chemical mixtures to the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Scott Coonrod
  • PROGRESSIVE RATE SUSPENSION FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160075200
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus connected to a wheel of a vehicle and includes a first linkage, a second linkage, a third linkage, a bell crank, and a shock absorber. The first linkage connects to the wheel. The second linkage includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to a second portion of the first linkage. The third linkage includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to a second portion of the second linkage. The bell crank includes opposed first and second arms and a central pivot connection to the third linkage, wherein the first arm is pivotally connected to a first portion of the first linkage. The shock absorber has a variable length and includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to the first portion of the third linkage and wherein a second portion of the shock absorber is pivotally connected to the second arm of the bell crank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Scott Hansen, Tony Becker
  • System and method for providing access to presence status for mobile devices
    Patent number: 9270772
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling access to presence status for mobile devices. The method comprises receiving, via an application programming interface, an application inquiry, the application inquiry requesting a presence data for at least one mobile device; responsive to receiving said inquiry, obtaining network data from one or more network infrastructure nodes associated with providing service to the at least one mobile device; determining a response to the application inquiry based upon the network data; and providing the response via the application programming interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Silviu Florian Simen, Leif Edvard Bildoy, Tao Cui, Donald Scott Clayton, Alina Kushnir, Wayne David Rantala
  • System and method for providing access to presence status for mobile devices
    Patent number: 9264504
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling access to presence status for mobile devices. The method comprises receiving, via an application programming interface, a subscription request, the subscription request requesting a presence data for at least one mobile device; registering a subscription for a subscriber device according to the subscription request; obtaining network data from one or more network infrastructure nodes associated with providing service to the at least one mobile device; determining that at least a portion of the network data is associated with the subscription; and providing the at least a portion of the network data to the subscriber device via the application programming interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Silviu Florian Simen, Leif Edvard Bildoy, Tao Cui, Donald Scott Clayton, Alina Kushnir, Wayne David Rantala
  • Energy absorber with anti-BSR countermeasure
    Patent number: 9249853
    Abstract: An energy absorber includes a base sheet and a plurality of energy absorbing units with domed countermeasures extending from the base sheet. The countermeasures have slits in a domed portion thereof. The side walls of the energy absorbing units protect an adjacent object by cushioning the blow following repeated impacts in both vehicular and non-vehicular (e.g. helmets) environments. Preferably the side walls are oriented to buckle or bend after absorbing energy when impacted. The countermeasures primarily deaden any associated buzzes, squeaks or rattles. The integrally-formed countermeasures have a lower standing strength than the energy absorbing units. Methods related to the above are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Oakwood Energy Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Matthew Cormier, Michael Anthony Rossi, Donald Scott Smith, Richard Francois Audi
  • INTEGRATED CLEANING AND DISINFECTION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160015931
    Abstract: A single piece device enables medical clinicians to clean and disinfect both an injection port (needleless I.V. connector) and a vascular access catheter hub. The device has a body with a first end having a blind hole with a wall adapted to be engageable with the threads on the housing of an IV connector and a bottom surface adapted to engage the top surface of the IV connector. The device body has a second end defining a male-luer slip extending out of a recess. The male-luer slip is adapted to extend into a standard vascular access catheter hub such that it engages the inner walls of the catheter hub, and the recess is adapted to receive and be engageable with the outside thread element of the catheter hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dana Wm Ryan, James M. Kaiser, Donald Scott Chase, Anthony E. Ryherd
  • ADJUSTABLE MAT LOCKING PIN AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160017910
    Abstract: An adjustable locking pin useful for connecting at least first and second adjacent mats includes an elongated main body having a bore extending therethrough. An elongated rotor is configured to be disposed at least partially within the bore of the main body and extend downwardly therefrom. The rotor includes at least one foot disposed at its lower end and configured to releasably engage the second mat, The rotor is moveable relative to the main body to provide multiple locking positions of the locking pin relative to the first and second mats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: James Kerwin McDowell, Donald Scott Rogers
  • SUBSEA ON-SITE CHEMICAL INJECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150376989
    Abstract: A system includes a subsea on-site chemical injection management system configured to inject a chemical mixture into a well, wherein the subsea on-site chemical injection management system includes a subsea on-site head tank configured to store a plurality of discrete chemicals, a subsea on-site mixing unit configured to mix one or more of the plurality of discrete chemicals to create one or more chemical mixtures, and a subsea on-site distribution unit configured to distribute the one or more chemical mixtures to the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Donald Scott Coonrod
  • ENGINE ARCHITECTURE WITH REVERSE ROTATION INTEGRAL DRIVE AND VANELESS TURBINE
    Publication number: 20150354502
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a fan, a compressor, a turbine having first stage blades and second stage blades, the first stage blades rotates in a first direction and the second stage blades rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction. The first stage blades are directly adjacent to one another, a drive in operable input connection with the fan and in operable output connection with the first stage blades and the second stage blades, the first stage blades and the second stage blades driving the fan through the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Craig Miller KUHNE, Christopher Charles GLYNN, Randy M. Vondrell, Andrew BREEZE-STRINGFELLOW, Kurt David MURROW, Darek T. ZATORSKI, Donald Scott YEAGER, Nicholas Rowe DINSMORE, Samuel Jacob MARTIN, Donald Albert BRADLEY
  • Exercise lifting bar with translating hand grips
    Publication number: 20150343255
    Abstract: The problems of efficiency and safety when exercising the pectoral muscles are solved in at least one aspect while maintaining low-complexity and portability by a free weight barbell with translating hand grips, with the grips having an integral weight application loading surface that moves with the grip. Provided is an exercise lifting bar having at least two hand grips, an integral loading surface for holding optional plate weights coupled to each hand grip, the paired or coupled grips and loading surfaces thereby defining a member; the members further being substantially cylindrical, collinear, and operable to translate relative to one another. Also included is a translation limiter to limit the motion between the members. A method of assembly and exemplary embodiments of the exercise lifting bar for use in cable exercises are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Edge Prototype LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Donald Scott Yeager, Martin Carlos Todd, Brian Paul Overbeck
  • System and method for position monitoring using ultrasonic sensor
    Patent number: 9187974
    Abstract: An ultrasonic position sensing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an ultrasonic sensor configured to monitor the position of a device. The system also includes ranging logic. The sensor is controlled by the logic to direct an ultrasonic pulse toward the device. The logic is configured to compute the transit time and the velocity of the ultrasonic pulse. Based on these parameters, the logic computes the path length between the sensor and the device, which corresponds to the location of the device relative to the location of the sensor. In further embodiments, the ultrasonic positioning system may include multiple sensors in communication with the ranging logic for monitoring multiple devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald Scott Coonrod, Emanuel John Gottlieb, Donald Roy Augenstein
  • Combination ear and eye protection system and related method
    Patent number: 9168176
    Abstract: A combination headgear and eyewear system including eyewear that magnetically attaches to the headgear. A magnetic ball and disc joint allows the eyewear to pivot on the headgear and into a position wherein the eyewear rests upon a user's face. Adjustable temples allow the eyewear to be configured so to accommodate a large range of head sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Donald Scott Peebles
  • ENERGY ABSORBER WITH ANTI-BSR COUNTERMEASURE
    Publication number: 20150300439
    Abstract: An energy absorber includes a base sheet and a plurality of energy absorbing units with domed countermeasures extending from the base sheet. The countermeasures have slits in a domed portion thereof. The side walls of the energy absorbing units protect an adjacent object by cushioning the blow following repeated impacts in both vehicular and non-vehicular (e.g. helmets) environments. Preferably the side walls are oriented to buckle or bend after absorbing energy when impacted. The countermeasures primarily deaden any associated buzzes, squeaks or rattles. The integrally-formed countermeasures have a lower standing strength than the energy absorbing units. Methods related to the above are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: OAKWOOD ENERGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Matthew CORMIER, Michael Anthony ROSSI, Donald Scott SMITH, Richard Francois AUDI
  • Position monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 9163471
    Abstract: An ultrasonic position sensing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an ultrasonic sensor configured to monitor the position of a device. The system also includes ranging logic. The sensor is controlled by the logic to direct an ultrasonic pulse toward the device. The logic is configured to compute the transit time and the velocity of the ultrasonic pulse. Based on these parameters, the logic computes the path length between the sensor and the device, which corresponds to the location of the device relative to the location of the sensor. In further embodiments, the ultrasonic positioning system may include multiple sensors in communication with the ranging logic for monitoring multiple devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Scott Coonrod, Emanuel John Gottlieb, Donald Roy Augenstein
  • ADJUSTABLE LIMIT BAR WITH SWAY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150202936
    Abstract: An adjustable limit bar assembly for a suspension system includes an elongated member having a longitudinal axis and an attachment mechanism disposed on an end of the elongated member and configured for attachment to a vehicle frame component. First bumper and second bumpers are co-axially disposed on the elongated member and spaced from a plate connected to an axle by a distance, wherein the distance is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tony BECKER, Donald Scott HANSEN
  • Apparatus and methods for connecting mats
    Patent number: 9068584
    Abstract: An adjustable locking pin for connecting at least first and second overlapping mats includes an elongated main body, an elastomeric seal extending around the periphery of an enlarged head of the main body and an elongated rotor threadably engaged in a bore of the main body. The rotor is rotatable through at least two 360 degree revolutions of rotation relative to the main body and includes a foot at its bottom end. The rotational adjustability of the rotor allows the first and second mats to be tightly held together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC
    Inventors: James Kerwin McDowell, Donald Scott Rogers