Patents by Inventor Edward Bees

Edward Bees 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: 9806583
    Abstract: A quick-release automatic tensioning motor base for supporting a motor. The motor is operably coupled to a device to be driven via a drive belt. The motor base includes base brackets and at least one guide rail fixedly coupled between the base brackets. A platform assembly, which supports the motor, is slidably coupled to the guide rail. A spring assembly is selectively coupled between the base brackets and fixedly coupled to the platform assembly. The spring assembly applies a biasing force to the platform assembly to maintain a belt tension along the drive belt. A quick-release assembly selectively engages the spring assembly and base brackets to permit movement of the quick-release assembly between a fastened position and a released position. A spring compression retention assembly is operably coupled to the spring assembly to maintain spring compression on the spring assembly even when the quick-release assembly is in the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: William Norris, David Lindsay, Edward Bees, Thomas Copanas
  • Patent number: 9803726
    Abstract: A quick-release automatic tensioning motor base for supporting a motor. The motor is operably coupled to a device to be driven via a drive belt. The motor base includes at least two base brackets and at least one guide rail fixedly coupled between the base brackets. A platform assembly, which supports the motor, is slidably coupled to the guide rail for movement there along. A spring assembly is selectively coupled between the base brackets and fixedly coupled to the platform assembly. The spring assembly applies a biasing force to the platform assembly to maintain a belt tension along the drive belt. A quick-release assembly selectively engages the spring assembly and the at least two base brackets to permit movement of the quick-release assembly between a first position to retain the spring assembly and a second position to release the spring assembly to permit movement of the platform assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lindsay, Edward Bees, Thomas Copanas
  • Patent number: 9547711
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of content types in a database of a social network, wherein members produce and request content of different content types from the database. Job types to be performed on each content type are identified, when requests for content are received from members of the social network. A sharding process for each content type is selected based on the job types to be performed on the content types. The database is sharded into first group of shards for content types having job types that are parallel processing efficient and into second group of shards for content types having job types that are linear processing efficient. The first and second group of shards define a multi-shard database. Requests for contents are serviced from the first group or the second group of shards from the multi-shard database depending on the job types associated with the requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Gavin Edward Bee, Anish Acharya, John Mathias Barr
  • Publication number: 20150204425
    Abstract: A quick-release automatic tensioning motor base for supporting a motor. The motor is operably coupled to a device to be driven via a drive belt. The motor base includes at least two base brackets and at least one guide rail fixedly coupled between the base brackets. A platform assembly, which supports the motor, is slidably coupled to the guide rail for movement there along. A spring assembly is selectively coupled between the base brackets and fixedly coupled to the platform assembly. The spring assembly applies a biasing force to the platform assembly to maintain a belt tension along the drive belt. A quick-release assembly selectively engages the spring assembly and the at least two base brackets to permit movement of the quick-release assembly between a first position to retain the spring assembly and a second position to release the spring assembly to permit movement of the platform assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: DAVID LINDSAY, Edward Bees, Thomas Copanas
  • Publication number: 20150054369
    Abstract: A motor mounting assembly for mounting a motor includes a motor base and a motor mounting fixture. The motor base has an elongate slot and a threaded adjusting rod. The motor mounting fixture cooperates with the slot for securing the motor to the base and includes a fixture body and a coupling member. The fixture body includes a fixture base and first and second oppositely disposed legs. First and second apertures extend through the first and second legs and a motor fastener projects proximally from the fixture base to be received in the slot. The coupling member has a through bore aligned with the first and second apertures between the first and second legs. At least one of the first aperture, the second aperture, or the bore includes screw threads engaging the adjusting rod for adjusting a position of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Overly Hautz Motor Base Company
    Inventors: Trevor Ahlert, Edward Bees, Tanya Copanas, Thomas Copanas, Richard Gorsuch, Peter Gough, Thomas Nathan Tharp
  • Patent number: 8863021
    Abstract: A system and method for scheduling tasks in a calendar of a user. Multiple task entries are received from the user, and the task entries are ranked based on a deadline of each of the task entries. A length of time required to complete each task entry is determined, and a time-consuming calendar entry for each task entry is created in the calendar of the user based on the ranking of each task entry, the determined length of time required to complete each task entry, and existing calendar entries in the calendar of the user. The created time-consuming calendar entries are provided to the user. Machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Gavin Edward Bee