Patents by Inventor Ian Burgess
Ian Burgess 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).
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Publication number: 20240382811Abstract: A golf bag with an improved base. The golf bag is durable, lightweight, comfortable to carry, and easy to use. The base is made of a composite sheet material, preferably a self-reinforced polymer composite sheet material that has been thermoformed. Materials including thermoplastic polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyoxymethylene, and polyester can be processed under precise temperature and pressure conditions to form the self-reinforced polymer composite sheet material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan
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Patent number: 12133587Abstract: A golf bag comprising a body for holding golf clubs and a shoulder strap assembly comprising (i) a first shoulder strap, (ii) a second shoulder strap, (iii) a bridge member, and (iv) a plurality of connecting straps coupled to the first and second shoulder straps. The first and second shoulder straps are configured to extend laterally towards each other. The bridge member is configured to directly and undetachably couple the first and second shoulder straps. A first end of the bridge member is attached to the first shoulder strap at a first attachment point, and a second end of the bridge member is attached to the second shoulder strap at a second attachment point. The connecting straps are attached to the first shoulder strap and the second shoulder strap at a third attachment point and a fourth attachment point.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Duane Marshall
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Patent number: 12128280Abstract: An improved leg-deployment system for a golf bag that helps prevent leg droop when the legs are in the retracted state. In an aspect, the technology relates to a golf bag that includes a bag body; a base coupled to the bag body; a top cuff coupled to the bag body; and a leg-deployment system coupled to the top cuff. The leg-deployment system may include a leg receptacle protruding away from an exterior surface of the top cuff; a spring insert inserted into the receptacle, the spring insert including a cantilevered spring segment having a fixed end and a free end; and a leg assembly including a cam nose, wherein the cam nose contacts the cantilevered spring segment when the leg assembly is in a retracted state, and the cantilevered spring segment applies a force to the cam nose to maintain the leg assembly in the retracted state.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Ian Burgess
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Publication number: 20240355039Abstract: A hardware-based traversal coprocessor provides acceleration of tree traversal operations searching for intersections between primitives represented in a tree data structure and a ray. The primitives may include triangles used in generating a virtual scene. The hardware-based traversal coprocessor is configured to properly handle numerically challenging computations at or near edges and/or vertices of primitives and/or ensure that a single intersection is reported when a ray intersects a surface formed by primitives at or near edges and/or vertices of the primitives.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Samuli LAINE, Tero KARRAS, Timo AILA, Robert OHANNESSIAN, William Parsons NEWHALL, Jr., Greg MUTHLER, Ian KWONG, Peter NELSON, John BURGESS
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Patent number: 12106423Abstract: Techniques applicable to a ray tracing hardware accelerator for traversing a hierarchical acceleration structure with reduced false positive ray intersections are disclosed. The reduction of false positives may be based upon one or more of selectively performing a secondary higher precision intersection test for a bounding volume, identifying and culling bounding volumes that degenerate to a point, and parametrically clipping rays that exceed certain configured distance thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory Muthler, John Burgess, Magnus Andersson, Ian Kwong, Edward Biddulph
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Patent number: 12083398Abstract: A golf bag having an improved base is provided. The golf bag is durable, lightweight, comfortable to carry, and easy to use. The base is made of a composite sheet material, preferably a self-reinforced polymer composite sheet material that has been thermoformed. Materials made of thermoplastic polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyoxymethylene, and polyester can be processed under precise temperature and pressure conditions to form the self-reinforced polymer composite sheet material.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L Howard, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan
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Patent number: 12067669Abstract: A hardware-based traversal coprocessor provides acceleration of tree traversal operations searching for intersections between primitives represented in a tree data structure and a ray. The primitives may include triangles used in generating a virtual scene. The hardware-based traversal coprocessor is configured to properly handle numerically challenging computations at or near edges and/or vertices of primitives and/or ensure that a single intersection is reported when a ray intersects a surface formed by primitives at or near edges and/or vertices of the primitives.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Samuli Laine, Tero Karras, Timo Aila, Robert Ohannessian, William Parsons Newhall, Jr., Greg Muthler, Ian Kwong, Peter Nelson, John Burgess
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Publication number: 20240201086Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a waveguide, a sensing layer, a light source for emitting light onto the waveguide, and a detector for detecting a wavelength transmitted from the waveguide. The sensing layer may include a polymer layer which may come into intimate contact with a sample matrix of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Steven SICILIANO, Bipinlal UNNI, Callum DOOLIN, Curtis SENGER, Ian BURGESS
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Publication number: 20240131406Abstract: The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a lightweight and durable top frame assembly. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg sub-assemblies. Three-dimensional printing methods can be used to form the top frame assembly or any portion thereof. The golf bags may include a cord assembly extending across the top frame to form one or more club dividers for organizing golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Duane Marshall, Brian R. Poirier, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan Mark Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Patent number: 11872455Abstract: The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a lightweight and durable top frame can be made of a lightweight metal and can have different structures. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg sub-assemblies. Three-dimensional printing methods can be used to form structures in the top frame having various shapes and geometric patterns, for example, a lattice having a top frame (cuff) with club dividers. The walls of the top cuff can be made of a lightweight metal and can have a sidewall, open loop, closed loop, or other structure. The top cuff includes club dividers for storing and organizing clubs in different compartments. The club dividers can be made of a cord material.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L Howard, Duane Marshall, Brian R. Poirier, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan Mark Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Publication number: 20230256306Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to golf bags comprising a cord assembly configured to form a plurality of cord dividers that extend across a top opening of the golf bag to define a plurality of compartments for receiving a golf club. The golf bags may comprise a cord connector having a housing with a first channel and a second channel configured to receive one or more segments of the cord assembly. A plurality of cord segments of the cord assembly may extend through each of the first and second channels of the cord connector. The plurality of cord segments may correspond to different cord dividers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Duane Marshall, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan Mark Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Publication number: 20230249041Abstract: An improved leg-deployment system for a golf bag that helps prevent leg droop when the legs are in the retracted state. In an aspect, the technology relates to a golf bag that includes a bag body; a base coupled to the bag body; a top cuff coupled to the bag body; and a leg-deployment system coupled to the top cuff. The leg-deployment system may include a leg receptacle protruding away from an exterior surface of the top cuff; a spring insert inserted into the receptacle, the spring insert including a cantilevered spring segment having a fixed end and a free end; and a leg assembly including a cam nose, wherein the cam nose contacts the cantilevered spring segment when the leg assembly is in a retracted state, and the cantilevered spring segment applies a force to the cam nose to maintain the leg assembly in the retracted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Ian Burgess
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Publication number: 20230201682Abstract: The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a lightweight and durable top frame can be made of a lightweight metal and can have different structures. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg sub-assemblies. Three-dimensional printing methods can be used to form structures in the top frame having various shapes and geometric patterns, for example, a lattice having a top frame (cuff) with club dividers. The walls of the top cuff can be made of a lightweight metal and can have a sidewall, open loop, closed loop, or other structure. The top cuff includes club dividers for storing and organizing clubs in different compartments. The club dividers can be made of a cord material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Duane Marshall, Brian R. Poirier, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan Mark Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Patent number: 11673031Abstract: The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a top frame (cuff) with club dividers for storing and organizing the clubs in different compartments. The club dividers are preferably made of a cord material. The walls of the top frame can be made of a lightweight metal and can have a sidewall, open loop, closed loop, or other structure. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg sub-assemblies. Three-dimensional printing methods can be used to form various structures in the top frame. The golf bag of this invention is durable, lightweight, comfortable to carry, and easy to use.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Duane Marshall, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan M. Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Publication number: 20230144863Abstract: A golf bag comprising a body for holding golf clubs and a shoulder strap assembly comprising (i) a first shoulder strap, (ii) a second shoulder strap, (iii) a bridge member, and (iv) a plurality of connecting straps coupled to the first and second shoulder straps. The first and second shoulder straps are configured to extend laterally towards each other. The bridge member is configured to directly and undetachably couple the first and second shoulder straps. A first end of the bridge member is attached to the first shoulder strap at a first attachment point, and a second end of the bridge member is attached to the second shoulder strap at a second attachment point. The connecting straps are attached to the first shoulder strap and the second shoulder strap at a third attachment point and a fourth attachment point.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Duane Marshall
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Patent number: 11638861Abstract: The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a lightweight and durable top frame can be made of a lightweight metal and can have different structures. For example, the top frame can have sidewall, open loop, closed loop, or other configurations. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg sub-assemblies. Three-dimensional printing methods can be used to form structures in the top frame having various shapes and geometric patterns, for example lattice having a top frame (cuff) with club dividers. The walls of the top cuff can be made of a lightweight metal and can have a sidewall, open loop, closed loop, or other structure. The top cuff includes club dividers for storing and organizing the clubs in different compartments. The club dividers can be made of a cord material. The golf bag of this invention is durable, lightweight, comfortable to carry, and easy to use.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Stephanie L. Howard, Duane Marshall, Brian R. Poirier, Benjamin J. Beck, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan M. Liston, Michael T. McDuffee
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Patent number: D985943Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ian Burgess, Duane Marshall
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Patent number: D1027454Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Duane Marshall, Ian Burgess
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Patent number: D1032207Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Duane Marshall, Ian Burgess
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Patent number: D1033908Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Ian Burgess