Patents by Inventor Eric Adams

Eric Adams 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: 11950713
    Abstract: Systems disclosed herein are directed to a display stand unit for a retail environment. The display stand unit includes a base having an interior and a display stand. The display stand includes a stem that connects to and extends upwardly from the base and a receiving surface that is suspended above and spaced away from the base by the stem. The receiving surface is configured to releasably hold an electronic device above and spaced away from the base. The display stand unit further includes a security cable that extends out from the base. The security cable is configured to attach to the electronic device to movably secure the electronic device to the base. The display stand unit further includes a retractor disposed within the interior of the base and connected to the security cable. The retractor automatically retracts the security cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Samuel Kumka, Clayton R. Woosley, Daniel S. Foster, Eric Weijia Wang, Gregory R. Ritter, Joshua Adams, Christopher Hu, Priya K. Nambiar
  • Patent number: 11947591
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to processing imagery using one or more machine learning (ML) models. In particular, data describing imagery comprising a plurality of different and distinct frames can be received; and based at least in part on one or more ML models and the data describing the imagery, and for each frame of the plurality of different and distinct frames, one or more scores can be determined for the frame. Each score of the score(s) can indicate a determined measure of suitability of the frame with respect to one or more of various different and distinct uses for which the ML model(s) are configured to determine suitability of imagery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Karam, Li Zhang, Ariel Gilder, Yuzo Watanabe, Eric Penner, Farooq Ahmad, Hartwig Adam
  • Publication number: 20240100244
    Abstract: Infusion pump interfaces providing simple and intuitive user experiences. A controller display subsystem for implementing infusion pump interfaces includes a processor, a memory, display logic, keypad I/O, and screen I/O. Display logic can command the processor via the memory to implement desirable displays on screen I/O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: James Surine, Grant A. Adams, Ryan D. Heilman, Ricky Ledford, Nancy Bayer, Gail B. Bynum, James B. Drost, Chris Pickles, Lisa Hoh, Jennifer Tsai, Eric J. Wilkowske, Nathan Vang, Kou Lor, Janet Shallbetter
  • Publication number: 20240074941
    Abstract: A reinforcing system for a vessel that can contain water is described. The system includes a shell for containing water, the shell having one or more jets extending therethrough from an inside of the shell to an outside of the shell, and a structural support layer on an underside of the shell. The structural support layer can include: an inner layer of rigidizer applied to the underside of the shell, a central low density core, and an outer layer of rigidizer applied to the central low-density core. The structural support layer can extend from a bottom side of the underside of the shell, across at least one sidewall of the underside of the shell, and form at least one rib along the sidewall of the underside of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Santos, Richard Alex Eddington, Evan Smail, Mark McLane, Eric Hales, Michael Adams
  • Patent number: 11918108
    Abstract: A modular shelving unit includes a base plate that is planar in an expanded configuration. A first foldable wall is connected to a first side of the base plate. A second foldable wall is connected to a second side of the base plate. The first foldable wall has a first segment and a second segment, and the second foldable wall has a third segment and a fourth segment. The second and fourth segments are rotatable about a respective hinge to define an interior surface with its respective first or third segment when in the expanded configuration. Shelves extend from the interior surfaces in the expanded configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the second and fourth segments are rotated about their respective hinges out of planar with their respective first and third segments. Other embodiments of modular shelving units are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Shyft Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Adams, Eric Fisher
  • Patent number: 11906196
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a fan of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to the HVAC system. The frame includes a support rail having a flange. The mounting assembly includes a first guide rail coupled to the frame and having a first lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the flange. The mounting assembly also includes a second guide rail coupled to the frame and having a second lip extending at the oblique angle relative to the flange. The first and second lips are configured to support and guide translation of a chassis of the fan toward the support rail such that the chassis of the fan engages with the flange. The flange is configured to support the fan offset from the first and second lips in an installed configuration of the fan with the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: April Mae Eberly Diehl, Kevin Lee Stein, Jeffrey Joseph Ronald, John Russel Lauver, III, Craig Eric Adams
  • Patent number: 11786876
    Abstract: A mixer including a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, a third inlet channel, and a first dividing wall between the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. A first opening and a second opening are formed in the first dividing wall. The mixer further includes a second dividing wall between the second inlet channel and the third inlet channel with a third opening and a fourth opening formed in the second dividing wall. The first opening is aligned with the third opening along a first axis and the second opening is aligned with the fourth opening along a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: RE MIXERS, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Adam Ronning
  • Patent number: 11737846
    Abstract: A manual release assembly for a surgical tool includes a first release plate including a first pair of arms engageable with a first pair release gears arranged within a drive housing, a second release plate including a second pair of arms engageable with a second pair release gears arranged within the dive housing, and a first angled slot defined in the first release plate and a second angled slot defined in the second release plate. A release switch provides a transition pin extendable into the angled slots and manually movable between disengaged and engaged positions. When in the disengaged position, the arms are disengaged from the release gears, and when manually moved to the engaged position, the transition pin moves through the angled slots and urges the release plates in opposing lateral directions such that the arms engage and rotate the release gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventor: Eric Adams
  • Patent number: 11692633
    Abstract: A pinch clamp and mount are provided. The pinch clamp includes a first member and second member including rounded pinch surfaces. The second member is pivotably coupled to the first member at a first end. A threaded shaft is pivotably coupled to a second end of the first member. A second end of the second member includes a seat configured to receive the threaded shaft and a nut thereon. The seat includes protrusions at the second end that prevent the nut from sliding out of the seat. The mount includes a body having a flat bottom surface. An internal wall defines a through hole in the flat bottom surface. Two guide rails on a top surface of the body define a central slot configured to receive the clamp. A pair of keyed slots within the two guide rails are configured to receive a pair of keyed projections on the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Masterflex, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Michael Borchert, Gregg Eugene Johnson, Eric Adam Nofziger
  • Publication number: 20230031104
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a fan of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to the HVAC system. The frame includes a support rail having a flange. The mounting assembly includes a first guide rail coupled to the frame and having a first lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the flange. The mounting assembly also includes a second guide rail coupled to the frame and having a second lip extending at the oblique angle relative to the flange. The first and second lips are configured to support and guide translation of a chassis of the fan toward the support rail such that the chassis of the fan engages with the flange. The flange is configured to support the fan offset from the first and second lips in an installed configuration of the fan with the mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: April Mae Eberly Diehl, Kevin Lee Stein, Jeffrey Joseph Ronald, John Russel Lauver, III, Craig Eric Adams
  • Publication number: 20230007992
    Abstract: A manual release assembly for a surgical tool includes a first release plate including a first pair of arms engageable with a first pair release gears arranged within a drive housing, a second release plate including a second pair of arms engageable with a second pair release gears arranged within the dive housing, and a first angled slot defined in the first release plate and a second angled slot defined in the second release plate. A release switch provides a transition pin extendable into the angled slots and manually movable between disengaged and engaged positions. When in the disengaged position, the arms are disengaged from the release gears, and when manually moved to the engaged position, the transition pin moves through the angled slots and urges the release plates in opposing lateral directions such that the arms engage and rotate the release gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventor: Eric ADAMS
  • Publication number: 20220410092
    Abstract: A static mixer including a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, and a first dividing wall between the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. The static mixer further includes a first outlet channel aligned with the first inlet channel along a first axis and a second outlet channel aligned with the second inlet channel along a second axis. The static mixer further includes a fin extending from the dividing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Eric Adam RONNING
  • Publication number: 20220390023
    Abstract: A pinch clamp and mount are provided. The pinch clamp includes a first member and second member including rounded pinch surfaces. The second member is pivotably coupled to the first member at a first end. A threaded shaft is pivotably coupled to a second end of the first member. A second end of the second member includes a seat configured to receive the threaded shaft and a nut thereon. The seat includes protrusions at the second end that prevent the nut from sliding out of the seat. The mount includes a body having a flat bottom surface. An internal wall defines a through hole in the flat bottom surface. Two guide rails on a top surface of the body define a central slot configured to receive the clamp. A pair of keyed slots within the two guide rails are configured to receive a pair of keyed projections on the clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Michael BORCHERT, Gregg Eugene JOHNSON, Eric Adam NOFZIGER
  • Publication number: 20220379273
    Abstract: A mixer including a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, and a first dividing wall positioned between the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. The first dividing wall radially extending from a centerline. The first inlet channel directs material away from the centerline and the second inlet channel directs material toward the centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Eric Adam Ronning
  • Patent number: 11446104
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing that houses a plurality of drive cable capstans, an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing, and an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. A plurality of drive cables extend between the drive housing and the end effector, wherein each drive cable is associated with a corresponding drive cable capstan and rotation of the drive cable capstans correspondingly moves the drive cables to articulate the end effector. A manual release assembly is coupled to the drive housing and includes a release switch that is manually movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. When the release switch is manually moved to the engaged position, the drive cable capstans are rotated to move the drive cables and thereby manually articulate the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Eric Adams
  • Patent number: 11160627
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an input shaft arranged therein for rotation, a shaft extending from the drive housing and having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof, and a drive cable extending within the shaft and operatively coupled to the end effector. A cable band is coupled to the input shaft and operatively couples the input shaft to the drive cable, and an idler pulley is rotatably mounted within the drive housing, the cable band being routed at least partially around the idler pulley. Rotation of the input shaft moves the cable band and thereby controls longitudinal movement of the drive cable to articulate the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Eric Adams, John Evans
  • Publication number: 20210031158
    Abstract: A mixer including a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, a third inlet channel, and a first dividing wall between the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. A first opening and a second opening are formed in the first dividing wall. The mixer further includes a second dividing wall between the second inlet channel and the third inlet channel with a third opening and a fourth opening formed in the second dividing wall. The first opening is aligned with the third opening along a first axis and the second opening is aligned with the fourth opening along a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Eric Adam Ronning
  • Patent number: 10898872
    Abstract: A static mixer including a housing, a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, a first outlet channel aligned with the first inlet channel along a first axis, and a second outlet channel aligned with the second inlet channel along a second axis. The static mixer also includes a first opening between the first inlet channel and the second outlet channel, and a second opening between the second inlet channel and the first outlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: RE MIXERS, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Adam Ronning
  • Publication number: 20210007818
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an input shaft arranged therein for rotation, a shaft extending from the drive housing and having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof, and a drive cable extending within the shaft and operatively coupled to the end effector. A cable band is coupled to the input shaft and operatively couples the input shaft to the drive cable, and an idler pulley is rotatably mounted within the drive housing, the cable band being routed at least partially around the idler pulley. Rotation of the input shaft moves the cable band and thereby controls longitudinal movement of the drive cable to articulate the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Eric Adams, John Evans
  • Patent number: 10786320
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an input shaft arranged therein for rotation, an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing, and an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. A cable band is coupled to the input shaft and operatively couples the input shaft to a drive cable that extends to the end effector. Rotation of the input drive correspondingly moves the cable band and thereby controls longitudinal movement of the drive cable to articulate the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Eric Adams, John Evans