Patents by Inventor Eric P. Horton

Eric P. Horton 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: 11950789
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Patent number: 5700171
    Abstract: A speed controller for vehicle comprises speed sensors which output to a controller which in turn outputs to a servo motor. The servo is connected to the inner cable of a co-axial cable, the outer sheath of which is lodged between a buttress and the engine throttle. The distance between the buttress and the engine throttle lever is, at least when the throttle is closed, shorter than the length of the outer sheath such that the outer sheath obtains a curved configuration. The inner cable extends beyond the engine throttle lever to a support. Accordingly, when the controller operates the servo to draw in the inner cable, the outer sheath is urged to straighten and, thereby, push against the engine throttle lever to open it. Conversely, when the inner cable is paid out, the outer sheath is relaxed to allow the engine throttle lever to close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Perfect Pass Control Systems Incorporation
    Inventor: Eric P. Horton