Patents by Inventor Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce 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: 20170170772
    Abstract: A motor starter apparatus includes at least one semiconductor switch configured to selectively couple a power source to a motor, at least one current sensor configured to generate a current sense signal indicative of a current provided via the at least one semiconductor switch, and a control circuit coupled to the at least one current sensor and configured to cause the at least one semiconductor switch to momentarily couple the power source to the motor and identify a fault based on a behavior of the current sense signal in response to the momentary coupling. The control circuit may be configured to identify the fault responsive to detecting that a rate of change of the current in response to the momentary coupling meets a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Lee VanEyll, Benjamin Stewart Wells, Gary Bruce Tweed
  • Publication number: 20160363576
    Abstract: A multi-functional precious stone testing apparatus includes a portable housing, a testing unit, and an indication unit. The portable housing includes a hand-held casing and a probe casing extended from a front end of the hand-held casing. The testing unit includes a conductive probe having a testing end portion extended out of a tip end of the probe casing for contacting a testing object to determine a conductivity of the testing object. The indication unit includes a LED light unit received in the hand-held casing for illuminating the testing end portion of the conductive probe during testing, wherein the LED light unit is positioned away from the tip end of the probe casing for preventing heat generated from the LED light unit being transmitted toward the conductive probe to affect an accurate measurement for the conductivity of the testing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Xiuling ZHU, Gary Bruce PECKHAM
  • Publication number: 20160295983
    Abstract: A jewelry storage device includes a locking unit; and a box body unit, wherein the locking unit is arranged and hidden inside the box body, and the box body unit comprises a first body and a second body coupled with the first body, wherein the first and second body comprises a storage position and a display position, wherein the first body and the second body are adapted to exchange the storage and display position of the jewelry storage device, wherein the locking unit is adapted to automatically lock the first and second body together while the first body and the second body are exchanged between the storage and display position, and a storage cavity is formed between the first and second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Xiu Ling ZHU, Gary Bruce PECKHAM
  • Patent number: 9453808
    Abstract: A multi-functional precious stone testing apparatus includes a portable housing, a testing unit, and an indication unit. The portable housing includes a hand-held casing and a probe casing extended from a front end of the hand-held casing. The testing unit includes a conductive probe having a testing end portion extended out of a tip end of the probe casing for contacting a testing object to determine a conductivity of the testing object. The indication unit includes a LED light unit received in the hand-held casing for illuminating the testing end portion of the conductive probe during testing, wherein the LED light unit is positioned away from the tip end of the probe casing for preventing heat generated from the LED light unit being transmitted toward the conductive probe to affect an accurate measurement for the conductivity of the testing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen DiKai Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiuling Zhu, Gary Bruce Peckham
  • Publication number: 20160271498
    Abstract: A gaming system for training to modify behavior includes a trainer database for storing data input by a trainer that documents behavioral data corresponding to a player and is collected or observed by the trainer when the player is not playing a game offered through use of a gaming engine; a player device used by the player to play a game selected from a gaming database, used to generate player behavioral data uploaded to the gaming database and based on the player's interactions with the game, and used to interact with the trainer through the gaming engine; and an I/O device in communication with the player device or the gaming engine for collecting location or vitals data corresponding to the player as the player plays the game. Game settings can be changed based on the player's interactions with the game or based on the location or vitals data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Miles Queller Lifton, Gary Bruce Lifton, Danielle Queller Lifton
  • Publication number: 20160161420
    Abstract: A multi-functional precious stone testing apparatus includes a microcontroller, a measuring unit for measuring properties of the testing object, and a functional unit. The measuring unit is arranged to measure one of a combination of ultraviolet and infrared distributions of the testing object and a combination of thermal and electrical conductivities of the testing object. The microcontroller analyzes a result from the measuring unit to generate a test result of the testing object, wherein the microcontroller includes a communication unit for connecting with an electronic device to transmit the test result thereto. The functional unit includes a voice indicator that generates a voice indication signal of the test result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Xiuling ZHU, Gary Bruce PECKHAM
  • Patent number: 9238073
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided which contains a water soluble acid salt of a sympathomimetic amine, e.g., pseudoephedrine, and an additive, e.g., a volatile amine or other odorant, that is co-distillable, e.g., by steam distillation, with the sympathomimetic amine and/or its derivatives, e.g., its free base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: David Hugh Giamalva, Gary Bruce Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150367735
    Abstract: A circuit, system, and method for a multi-phase bidirectional DC/DC power converter includes a plurality of single phase DC/DC power converter circuits coupled in electrical parallel. A converter controller includes a compensator and a saturation limit function module. The compensator is configured to generate a control signal based on a current command signal and an actual current signal. The saturation limit function module is configured to determine a saturation limit for the compensator while the compensator is in a disabled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gary Bruce Baker, Nicholas Taylor Begley
  • Publication number: 20150272909
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided which contains a water soluble acid salt of a sympathomimetic amine, e.g., pseudoephedrine, and an additive, e.g., a volatile amine or other odorant, that is co-distillable, e.g., by steam distillation, with the sympathomimetic amine and/or its derivatives, e.g., its free base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: David Hugh Giamalva, Gary Bruce Anderson
  • Patent number: 9097873
    Abstract: A fiber optic network device comprising an input port adapted to receive a multi-fiber cable having active optical fibers designated in a consecutive sequence is disclosed. A first plurality and a second plurality of optical fibers are disposed within the fiber optic network device. The first plurality of optical fibers aligns to a first section of the consecutive sequence and a second plurality of optical fibers aligns to a second section of the consecutive sequence. A plurality of drop ports in the fiber optic network device are adapted to optically couple ones of the first plurality of optical fibers to at least one drop cable. A pass-through port is adapted to optically couple the second plurality of optical fibers to a second fiber optic network device through a multi-fiber adapter in a central alignment at the pass-through port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark Edward Conner, Barton Pierce Filipiak, Joseph Clinton Jensen, Gary Bruce Schnick
  • Publication number: 20150185420
    Abstract: A fiber optic network device comprising an input port adapted to receive a multi-fiber cable having active optical fibers designated in a consecutive sequence is disclosed. A first plurality and a second plurality of optical fibers are disposed within the fiber optic network device. The first plurality of optical fibers aligns to a first section of the consecutive sequence and a second plurality of optical fibers aligns to a second section of the consecutive sequence. A plurality of drop ports in the fiber optic network device are adapted to optically couple ones of the first plurality of optical fibers to at least one drop cable. A pass-through port is adapted to optically couple the second plurality of optical fibers to a second fiber optic network device through a multi-fiber adapter in a central alignment at the pass-through port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Edward Conner, Barton Pierce Filipiak, Joseph Clinton Jensen, Gary Bruce Schnick
  • Publication number: 20150091593
    Abstract: A multi-functional precious stone testing apparatus includes a portable housing, a testing unit, and an indication unit. The portable housing includes a hand-held casing and a probe casing extended from a front end of the hand-held casing. The testing unit includes a conductive probe having a testing end portion extended out of a tip end of the probe casing for contacting a testing object to determine a conductivity of the testing object. The indication unit includes a LED light unit received in the hand-held casing for illuminating the testing end portion of the conductive probe during testing, wherein the LED light unit is positioned away from the tip end of the probe casing for preventing heat generated from the LED light unit being transmitted toward the conductive probe to affect an accurate measurement for the conductivity of the testing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Xiuling ZHU, Gary Bruce PECKHAM
  • Patent number: 8947111
    Abstract: A multi-functional precious stone testing apparatus includes a portable housing, a testing unit, and an indication unit. The portable housing includes a hand-held casing and a probe casing extended from a front end of the hand-held casing. The testing unit includes a conductive probe having a testing end portion extended out of a tip end of the probe casing for contacting a testing object to determine a conductivity of the testing object. The indication unit includes a LED light unit received in the hand-held casing for illuminating the testing end portion of the conductive probe during testing, wherein the LED light unit is positioned away from the tip end of the probe casing for preventing heat generated from the LED light unit being transmitted toward the conductive probe to affect an accurate measurement for the conductivity of the testing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen DiKai Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiuling Zhu, Gary Bruce Peckham
  • Patent number: 8927834
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing glyphosate-tolerant wheat genotypes by mutagenesis, glyphosate wheat plants produced by such methods, and related compositions and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Washington State University, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kimberlee Kae Kidwell, Camille Marie Steber, Victor Louis Demacon, Gary Bruce Shelton, Adrienne Bryan Burke
  • Patent number: 8879882
    Abstract: A variably configurable fiber optic terminal as a local convergence point in a fiber optic network is disclosed. The fiber optic terminal has an enclosure having a base and a cover which define an interior space. A feeder cable having at least one optical fiber and a distribution cable having at least one optical fiber are received into the interior space through a feeder cable port and a distribution cable port, respectively. A movable chassis positions in the interior space and is movable between a first position, a second position and third position. The movable chassis has a splitter holder area, a cassette area and a parking area. A cassette movably positions in the cassette area. A splitter module holder having a splitter module movably positioned therein movably positions in the splitter holder area. The optical fiber of the feeder cable and the optical fiber of the distribution cable are optically connected through the cassette, which also may be through the splitter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark Edward Conner, William Julius McPhil Giraud, Lee Wayne Nored, Gary Bruce Schnick
  • Publication number: 20140105539
    Abstract: A fiber optic network device comprising an input port adapted to receive a multi-fiber cable having active optical fibers designated in a consecutive sequence is disclosed. A first plurality and a second plurality of optical fibers are disposed within the fiber optic network device. The first plurality of optical fibers aligns to a first section of the consecutive sequence and a second plurality of optical fibers aligns to a second section of the consecutive sequence. A plurality of drop ports in the fiber optic network device are adapted to optically couple ones of the first plurality of optical fibers to at least one drop cable. A pass-through port is adapted to optically couple the second plurality of optical fibers to a second fiber optic network device through a multi-fiber adapter in a central alignment at the pass-through port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Edward Conner, Barton Pierce Filipiak, Joseph Clinton Jensen, Gary Bruce Schnick
  • Publication number: 20140109256
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing glyphosate-tolerant wheat genotypes by mutagenesis, glyphosate wheat plants produced by such methods, and related compositions and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington State University
    Inventors: Kimberlee Kae Kidwell, Camille Marie Steber, Victor Louis Demacon, Gary Bruce Shelton, Adrienne Bryan Burke
  • Patent number: 8637738
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing glyphosate-tolerant wheat genotypes by mutagenesis, glyphosate wheat plants produced by such methods, and related compositions and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Washington State University, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kimberlee Kae Kidwell, Camille Marie Steber, Victor Louis Demacon, Gary Bruce Shelton, Adrienne Bryan Burke
  • Patent number: D732987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventors: Xiu Ling Zhu, Gary Bruce Peckham
  • Patent number: D788462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen DiKai Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiu Ling Zhu, Gary Bruce Peckham