Patents by Inventor Douglas BUCK

Douglas BUCK 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: 11944425
    Abstract: A compliance monitoring module for an inhaler comprising: a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor port of said sensor being configured to be pneumatically coupled to a flow channel of said inhaler through which a user can inhale; a processor configured to: receive data from a sensing element of the pressure sensor; receive data from a mode sensor configured to detect when the inhaler changes from an inactive mode to an active mode; and based on said data from said pressure sensor sensing element and said data from said mode sensor, compile a compliance report; and a transmitter configured to issue said compliance report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Steven Morrison, Douglas E. Weitzel, Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Daniel Buck
  • Patent number: 11440511
    Abstract: An integrated vehicle jacking assembly includes a plurality of jacks that is each coupled to a bottom side of a vehicle. Each of the jacks is actuatable into an extended position for lifting a respective driver's side or passenger's side of the vehicle upwardly thereby facilitating tires on the respective driver's side or passenger's side of the vehicle to be removed and replaced. A control unit is positioned within the vehicle and the control unit is operationally coupled to each of the jacks. The control unit actuates one or both of the jacks between the extended position and the retracted position. A plurality of wheel chocks is provided for inhibiting the vehicle from rolling when the vehicle is lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Walker, Douglas Buck
  • Publication number: 20210122337
    Abstract: An integrated vehicle jacking assembly includes a plurality of jacks that is each coupled to a bottom side of a vehicle. Each of the jacks is actuatable into an extended position for lifting a respective driver's side or passenger's side of the vehicle upwardly thereby facilitating tires on the respective driver's side or passenger's side of the vehicle to be removed and replaced. A control unit is positioned within the vehicle and the control unit is operationally coupled to each of the jacks. The control unit actuates one or both of the jacks between the extended position and the retracted position. A plurality of wheel chocks is provided for inhibiting the vehicle from rolling when the vehicle is lifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel Walker, Douglas Buck
  • Publication number: 20190041131
    Abstract: Embodiments for implementing a produce dryer system, method, and apparatus are provided. For example, a produce dryer system may include a pickup station comprising a bin configured to be contain produce that is designated for drying, a first dryer and a second dryer configured to receive the bin and dry the produce in the bin by running for a dryer cycle associated with the produce, and a transport device. The transport device may include a ground transport chassis configured to travel along a predetermined path, a driven arm attached to the ground transport chassis that is configured to pick up and set down the bin, and a controller configured to determine which of the first dryer and the second dryer to use for drying the produce in the bin and for positioning and removing the bin from the first dryer or second dryer with the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas BUCK, David Marc ZURLINDEN