Patents by Inventor H. Adams

H. 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: 12350154
    Abstract: An annuloplasty band and method of implantation. The band is shaped and sized to avoid the adjacent aortic valve structure and better protects against dehiscence along the muscular mitral annulus. The band is asymmetric and when implanted spans more around the side of the mitral annulus having the posterior commissure than the side with the anterior commissure. The band has a saddle shape with a posterior upward bow centered on a minor axis of the mitral annulus, and a span extending clockwise therefrom is longer than a span extending counter-clockwise. The longer span may be 150° while the shorter span extends 90°. A set of rings may have different saddle profiles and different plan view shapes for different sized bands. A method includes implanting so that the band extends over the posterior leaflet and a short distance past the posterior commissure outside of the anterior leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
    Inventor: David H. Adams
  • Patent number: 12318719
    Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
  • Publication number: 20250144486
    Abstract: A multi-material golf shaft having a butt portion joined to a tip portion and possessing unique relationships, including rigidity relationships, which provide beneficial performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Byron H. Adams, Blair M. Philip, Jeffrey T. Halstead, Robert E. Stephens, Trever M. Napier, James P. MacKay
  • Publication number: 20250135303
    Abstract: A multi-component golf club shaft possessing unique characteristics including flexural and torsional rigidity profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Byron H. Adams, Blair M. Philip, Jeffrey T. Halstead, Robert E. Stephens, Trever M. Napier
  • Patent number: 12239752
    Abstract: An apparatus for exposing an article to radiant energy has a rotating carousel having an article support in a support sector defined between a first energy-blocking feature of the rotating carousel and a second energy-blocking feature of the rotating carousel. An actuator is energizable to rotate the carousel and to revolve the article support along a circular transport path. An enclosure has a stationary hood that defines an enclosed sector of the transport path and an unenclosed sector of the transport path. There is at least a first radiant energy source energizable to direct the radiant exposure energy toward the carousel along the enclosed sector of the transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: Robert G. Tegel, Turan Erdogan, David H. Adams
  • Patent number: 12201882
    Abstract: A multi-material golf shaft having a butt portion joined to a tip portion and possessing unique relationships, including rigidity relationships, which provide beneficial performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BREAKTHROUGH GOLF TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Byron H. Adams, Blair M. Philip, Jeffrey T. Halstead, Robert E. Stephens, Trever M. Napier, James P. MacKay
  • Patent number: 12201883
    Abstract: A multi-component golf club shaft possessing unique characteristics including flexural and torsional rigidity profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BREADTHROUGH GOLF TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Byron H. Adams, Blair M. Philip, Jeffrey T. Halstead, Robert E. Stephens, Trever M. Napier
  • Patent number: 12096898
    Abstract: A floor cleaning system and a method of cleaning a floor are provided. The cleaning system includes a flat headed mop. The system also includes a frame and at least one compartment removably coupled to the frame. A wringing assembly is fluidly coupled to the at least one compartment, the wringing assembly comprising a fixed extractor element and at least one roller movable from a first position when the mop head is being inserted to a second position when the mop head is being withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: William Harrington, Robert F. Smith, Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams
  • Publication number: 20240303606
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating a project management plan whereby a construction plan for a project (such as, e.g., a residential home, a commercial building, an outbuilding, a garage, a pool, etc.) is selected from a plurality of construction plans, a building lot is acquired and/or verified for suitability to the construction plan, bids are acquired for each construction trades job involved in construction of the project, individual bids are selected for implementation, a master schedule for construction is generated considering order or build requirements and dependencies, the schedule is implemented, notifications (to commence work, review work, inspect work, etc.) are generated and delivered, permits are acquired, financing is facilitated, payouts are managed (draws generated and delivered), etc., such that the systems and methods herein described constitute a single point for management of each aspect of a project to completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Orrin C. Naylor, William C. Naylor, H. Adam Naylor
  • Patent number: 12082368
    Abstract: An apparatus or system can act as a cooling device configured for cooling a plurality of high-power electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The apparatus includes a plurality of cooling plate assemblies, the cooling plate assemblies each including a cooling plate for mating to one of the high-power electronic components and an enclosure mounted to the cooling plate for defining a coolant transport path over at least part of a surface thereof. The apparatus further includes one or more flexible conduits that connect between the cooling plate assemblies for fluid communication between their respective coolant transport paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Frank H. Adam, Klaus Kaufmann, Tobias Merten
  • Patent number: 12069795
    Abstract: Disclosed are aspects of apparatuses and methods of fitting a cooling device to a circuit board for cooling a high-power electronic component mounted on the circuit board. Cooling apparatuses, and arrangement thereof, are also described. The method provides the cooling device with a cooling surface having a cooling area for thermally connecting to a to-be-cooled surface of the electronic component. Fixing elements are provided for moving the cooling surface towards the circuit board. A distance position “d” of the to-be-cooled surface from the circuit board is determined, and on this basis spacer elements are selected to be interposed between the cooling device and the circuit board to limit the movement by the fixing elements to a position where the cooling area is in proximity to the to-be-cooled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Frank H. Adam, Falk Rademacher
  • Patent number: 12053742
    Abstract: A portable water conditioning system is provided that includes an incoming water inlet; a reverse osmosis stage in fluid communication with the incoming water inlet, the reverse osmosis stage having a permeate outlet and a concentrate outlet; a diversion device having a diversion valve, the diversion valve placing the concentrate outlet in fluid communication with a waste water outlet; a deionizing stage in fluid communication with a pure water outlet; a bypass valve configured to selectively place the permeate outlet in fluid communication with one or more of the waste water outlet, the deionizing stage, and the pure water outlet; and a controller configured to control the diversion device and the bypass valve to provide water at the pure water outlet of a desired condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Hirsch, Stephen Huda, Robert Camp, Paul H. Adams
  • Patent number: 12035863
    Abstract: A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and is in fluid communication with the pump. The valve assembly selectively flows cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, Christopher Joseph Carballo
  • Publication number: 20240205218
    Abstract: A method for verifying identities of parties to a transaction includes receiving a login attempt from a mobile communication device, the login attempt including a security credential. The method determines that the security credential of the login attempt from the mobile communication device is authentic. The method communicates a one-time access code to the mobile communication device. The method receives a one-time entry code and mobile communication device information from the mobile communication device. The method determines that the one-time entry code and the mobile communication device information from the mobile communication device satisfies the communicated one-time access code and predetermined user mobile communication device information. The method provides by the mobile communication device access to a secure transaction environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: CertifiD, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. CRONKRIGHT, Lawrence R. Duthler, Tyler H. Adams
  • Publication number: 20240189104
    Abstract: An annuloplasty band and method of implantation. The band is shaped and sized to avoid the adjacent aortic valve structure and better protects against dehiscence along the muscular mitral annulus. The band is asymmetric and when implanted spans more around the side of the mitral annulus having the posterior commissure than the side with the anterior commissure. The band has a saddle shape with a posterior upward bow centered on a minor axis of the mitral annulus, and a span extending clockwise therefrom is longer than a span extending counter-clockwise. The longer span may be 150° while the shorter span extends 90°. A set of rings may have different saddle profiles and different plan view shapes for different sized bands. A method includes implanting so that the band extends over the posterior leaflet and a short distance past the posterior commissure outside of the anterior leaflet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventor: David H. Adams
  • Patent number: 11986140
    Abstract: A cleaning device and method of cleaning are provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and in fluid communication with the pump, the valve assembly being configured to selectively flow cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, Christopher Joseph Carballo
  • Publication number: 20240148217
    Abstract: A floor cleaning system having a flat headed mop is provided. The system includes a bucket having a wringing assembly. A blade including a first angled portion is provided for that is adjacent a plurality of first openings for compressing the flat headed mop as it is inserted in the wringing assembly to remove dirt and debris accumulated during use. A second angled portion is provided for adjacent a plurality of second openings for compressing the flat headed mop as it is withdrawn from the wringing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Robert F. Smith, Joseph K. Patterson, William Harrington, Paul H. Adams
  • Publication number: 20240123379
    Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
  • Patent number: 11946848
    Abstract: For analyzing a sample containing particles of at least two categories, such as a sample containing blood cells, a particle counter subject to a detection limit is coupled with an analyzer capable of discerning particle number ratios, such as a visual analyzer, and a processor. A first category of particles can be present beyond detection range limits while a second category of particles is present within respective detection range limits. The concentration of the second category of particles is determined by the particle counter. A ratio of counts of the first category to the second category is determined on the analyzer. The concentration of particles in the first category is calculated on the processor based on the ratio and the count or concentration of particles in the second category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Iris International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Adams, Bart J. Wanders, John Roche, Harvey L. Kasdan
  • Patent number: 11938027
    Abstract: An annuloplasty band and method of implantation. The band is shaped and sized to avoid the adjacent aortic valve structure and better protects against dehiscence along the muscular mitral annulus. The band is asymmetric and when implanted spans more around the side of the mitral annulus having the posterior commissure than the side with the anterior commissure. The band has a saddle shape with a posterior upward bow centered on a minor axis of the mitral annulus, and a span extending clockwise therefrom is longer than a span extending counter-clockwise. The longer span may be 150° while the shorter span extends 90°. A set of rings may have different saddle profiles and different plan view shapes for different sized bands. A method includes implanting so that the band extends over the posterior leaflet and a short distance past the posterior commissure outside of the anterior leaflet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
    Inventor: David H. Adams