Patents by Inventor Douglas Bell

Douglas Bell 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: 20260192922
    Abstract: A clamping system includes an overhead mount and a connecting rod fixed to the overhead mount through a universal joint. The connecting rod swings under gravity about the universal joint relative to the overhead mount. The clamping system also includes a clamp assembly fixed with the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Ben Ciesielczyk, Douglas Bell, Nicholas Lees, Craig Baldwin
  • Patent number: 12640548
    Abstract: A bundle spacer that includes a first line connector to be connected to a first electrical line, a second line connector to be connected to a second electrical line, and a body interposed between the first line connector and the second line connector. The body is actuatable to provide a variable distance between the first line connector and the second line connector and the first electrical line and the second electrical line connected thereto. It is to be appreciated that the bundle spacer may be constructed/configured with more than two line connectors for association with more than two electrical lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
    Inventors: Dirk Waterschoot, Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Cameron Clines, Douglas Bell, Derek Lenardos
  • Publication number: 20260100298
    Abstract: A grommet includes a core that defines an aperture in a longitudinal direction, where the aperture is a straight through hole and the core is formed from a material having a first durometer. The grommet also includes a support fixed with the core, wherein the support is spaced from the aperture in a lateral direction or a normal direction orthogonal the longitudinal direction, and is formed from a material having a second durometer that is higher than the first durometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas Lees, Benjamin Ciesielczyk, Andrew Hanneman, Douglas Bell
  • Publication number: 20260081051
    Abstract: An insulator that supports a line from a pin includes a core that defines an opening configured to receive the pin, and includes a shell formed from a polymer disposed over an outer surface of the core. The insulator also includes a head formed from the core or the shell, and configured to support the line spaced from the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Douglas Bell
  • Publication number: 20260081413
    Abstract: An isolator includes an isolator body that defines a first through hole extended from a distal isolator end portion to a proximal isolator end portion in a longitudinal direction of the isolator body. The isolator also includes a grommet supported on the isolator body at the distal isolator end portion, wherein the grommet defines a second through hole that overlaps the first through hole in the longitudinal direction. The isolator also includes a cap that engages the distal isolator end portion in the longitudinal direction, across the grommet, where the cap presses the grommet toward the isolator body, into the first through hole, reducing a width of the second through hole in a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Douglas Bell, Benjamin Ciesielczyk, Nicholas Lees, Jacob Palmer, Justin Perl
  • Publication number: 20260038051
    Abstract: A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: HEALTHPLAN DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Rutherford, Michael Blevins, Jarrod Grossman, Douglas Bell, Detlef Sarbok, Jeff Rabe
  • Publication number: 20250345889
    Abstract: One or more system and associated methods for installing a line spacer upon adjacent lines that are suspended are provided. A system includes a portion for holding and releasing the line spacer onto the lines. The system includes a portion for actuating securing portions of the line spacer to secure the line spacer upon the lines. The system includes a flying drone portion for levitation of the portion for holding and the portion for articulating to the lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin CIESIELCZYK, Douglas BELL, John MARKIEWICZ
  • Publication number: 20250244549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are support devices for a plurality of cables that include a body that extends a length along a central longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end and that defines an outer surface. A slit is formed in the body that extends the length of the body between the first end and the second end. A plurality of inner ports are formed in the body that extend the length of the body between the first end and the second end, and each of the plurality of inner ports is adapted to receive one of the plurality of cables. An inner passageway is formed in the body that is connected to the slit, interconnects the plurality of inner ports, and extends the length of the body between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Lees, Jacob Palmer, John Lee Jones, Douglas Bell, Ben Ciesielczyk
  • Publication number: 20250241292
    Abstract: A bird perch deterrent system includes a platform, a protrusion, and a finger. The protrusion includes a wall extended from the platform in a normal direction, and along the platform in a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the normal direction. The protrusion also includes a crossmember extended from the wall in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the normal direction, where the crossmember extends from an end of the wall opposite the platform in the normal direction. The finger is fixed with the protrusion, where the finger extends from the protrusion and the platform in the normal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Lees, Robin Bartlett, Mark Burns, Ben Ciesielczyk, Douglas Bell
  • Patent number: 12358087
    Abstract: One or more system and associated methods for installing a line spacer upon adjacent lines that are suspended are provided. A system includes a portion for holding and releasing the line spacer onto the lines. The system includes a portion for actuating securing portions of the line spacer to secure the line spacer upon the lines. The system includes a flying drone portion for levitation of the portion for holding and the portion for articulating to the lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Preformed Line Products Co.
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Douglas Bell, John Markiewicz
  • Patent number: 12266019
    Abstract: A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HEALTHPLAN DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Rutherford, Michael Blevins, Jarrod Grossman, Douglas Bell, Detlef Sarbok, Jeff Rabe
  • Patent number: 12187428
    Abstract: One or more arrangements and associated methods for mechanical installation of an item at a location on a line that is suspended are provided. An arrangement includes a portion for mechanical actuation to install the item upon the line at the location. The arrangement includes a flying drone portion for levitation of the portion to the location on the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Douglas Bell, John Markiewicz
  • Patent number: 12131546
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless power transmission based on object identification are provided. A radio frequency wireless power transmitter is in communication with a video camera for capturing image data (e.g., a visual pattern) of at least a portion of a transmission field of the radio frequency wireless power transmitter. A processor of the radio frequency wireless power transmitter is configured to identify an object when the visual pattern matches a pre-stored visual pattern representing the object, and control transmission of one or more radio frequency power transmission waves to a receiving electronic device based on a location of the identified object, wherein the receiving electronic device uses the one or more radio frequency power transmission waves to power or to charge the receiving electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Bell, Michael A. Leabman
  • Publication number: 20240243565
    Abstract: A bundle spacer that includes a first line connector to be connected to a first electrical line, a second line connector to be connected to a second electrical line, and a body interposed between the first line connector and the second line connector. The body is actuatable to provide a variable distance between the first line connector and the second line connector and the first electrical line and the second electrical line connected thereto. It is to be appreciated that the bundle spacer may be constructed/configured with more than two line connectors for association with more than two electrical lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk WATERSCHOOT, Benjamin Franklin CIESIELCZYK, Cameron CLINES, Douglas BELL, Derek LENARDOS
  • Publication number: 20240104666
    Abstract: A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HEALTHPLAN DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Rutherford, Michael Blevins, Jarrod Grossman, Douglas Bell, Detlef Sarbok, Jeff Rabe
  • Publication number: 20240022057
    Abstract: A tangent clamp includes a body to be supported by a structure and to permit cables to proceed along a tangential direction relative to the structure. The tangent clamp may include at least one actuatable clamping portion associated with the body to support a respective one of the cables. The body is configured to permit at least one additional actuatable clamping portion to be provided upon the body. The tangent clamp may include a plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions associated with the body. The body may be provided as multiple portions. The multiple portions are relatively movable to permit the body to be mounted upon the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin CIESIELCZYK, Douglas Bell, Jacob Jeffrey Palmer
  • Publication number: 20230411709
    Abstract: A common battery for providing power to a first of a plurality of radios. The plurality of radios includes at least a first radio and a second radio. The common battery has a size of the smallest of at least two batteries. The common battery comprises a raised concentric wall edge for enabling the common battery to lock in place when used in place of a larger of the first battery and the second battery, such as within a Vehicular Adaptor Amplifier. The raised concentric wall edge has a height of a difference between a height of the first battery and a height of the second battery. In one variation, the common battery comprises a circular piloting interface that uses an outside radius of a respective bayonet connector on the first and second radios to align the common battery to the respective radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey DICKENS, Douglas BELL, Sarah STUCHLIK, Evan WINTER, Merdod BADIE
  • Publication number: 20230401864
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless power transmission based on object identification are provided. A radio frequency wireless power transmitter is in communication with a video camera for capturing image data (e.g., a visual pattern) of at least a portion of a transmission field of the radio frequency wireless power transmitter. A processor of the radio frequency wireless power transmitter is configured to identify an object when the visual pattern matches a pre-stored visual pattern representing the object, and control transmission of one or more radio frequency power transmission waves to a receiving electronic device based on a location of the identified object, wherein the receiving electronic device uses the one or more radio frequency power transmission waves to power or to charge the receiving electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas BELL, Michael A. LEABMAN
  • Patent number: 11810201
    Abstract: A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HEALTHPLAN DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Rutherford, Michael Blevins, Jarrod Grossman, Douglas Bell, Detlef Sarbok, Jeff Rabe
  • Patent number: 11786793
    Abstract: A magnetic swimmer restraint device including a magnetic cone assembly, a strap assembly, a bracelet remote assembly, and a pool assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a user with a portable restraining system for increased resistance swimming. A wearable strap assembly interacts with magnetic cone assembly that can be located on the lateral sides of a pool or in the pool itself. As a user swims past the magnetic cone assembly the wearable strap assembly becomes magnetically attracted to the magnetic cone assembly. The magnetic attraction of the strap assembly worn by the user to the magnetic cone assembly pulls the user towards the magnetic cone assembly. Thereby increasing swimming resistance. The magnet of the magnetic cone assembly may be an electromagnetic system to be turned on and off via a bracelet remote assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Douglas Bell