Patents by Inventor J. Davis

J. Davis 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: 11998811
    Abstract: A golf club head with plate-like, heel and toe side internal stiffeners is disclosed herein. Each stiffener has a planar portion extending approximately parallel with a portion of the striking face, and is entirely disposed within an interior cavity of the golf club head. The heel side stiffener is connected to top, sole, and heel walls of the club head, with a toe-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head, and the toe side stiffener is connected to the top, sole, and toe walls of the club head, with a heel-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head. The toe and heel side edges may have large concavities that distribute mass away from the geometric face center and toward the heel and toe sides of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Davis, Michael J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240178487
    Abstract: An energy storage system may include a storage container having an enclosed compartment containing one or more energy storage units and an enclosed compartment duct, an inverter cabinet containing an inverter, the inverter cabinet having one or more inverter cabinet inlets, and an inverter exhaust duct. The storage container may also have a transformer bay containing a transformer. The energy storage system may also include an air temperature control unit, attached to the storage container and configured to circulate conditioned air to the enclosed compartment via the enclosed compartment duct and to the inverter cabinet via the one or more inverter cabinet inlets, and to return air from the enclosed compartment and the inverter cabinet via an air temperature control unit return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy BYRD, Gregory S. HASLER, John M. TANNER, Sampathkumar NACHIMUTHU, Dachuan YU, Eric A. MILLER, Gregory J. DAVIS, Craig P. HITTLE
  • Publication number: 20240177938
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes impregnating an electrolytic capacitor with a first electrolyte to form a first impregnated capacitor, aging the first impregnated capacitor using a first aging process to form a first aged capacitor, impregnating the first aged capacitor with a second electrolyte to form a second impregnated capacitor, the second electrolyte being different from the first electrolyte, aging the second impregnated capacitor using a final aging process to form a final aged capacitor, and impregnating the final aged capacitor with a third electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Pete J. Fernstrom, Jason Hemphill, Timothy Marshall, Tommy T. Davis, Joseph Beauvais
  • Patent number: 11990029
    Abstract: A switch interface for a remote device includes circuitry coupled to at least first and second terminals of the switch interface, configured to receive power over a two-wire connection through the at least first and second terminals. The circuitry is configured to send information regarding a parameter sensed by the remote device through the at least first and second terminals over the two-wire connection. The circuitry is operable to provide the power to the remote device and send the information when first and second wires of the two-wire connection are connected to the at least first and second terminals in a first polarity and a second polarity different from the first polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: United Electric Controls Co.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Cerminara, Jeffrey V. Davis, Levon Khatchadourian, David Wilbur
  • Patent number: 11986925
    Abstract: Chemically impregnated applicators used to provide hydrophobic surfaces on chemical mechanical polishing system components and related application methods are shown. A method of forming a hydrophobic coating on a surface of a polishing system component includes cleaning the surface of the polishing system component to remove a polishing fluid residue therefrom and applying a hydrophobicity causing chemical solution to the surface of the polishing system component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Sumit Subhash Patankar, Nathan Arron Davis, Michael J. Coughlin, Allen L. D'Ambra
  • Publication number: 20240157013
    Abstract: A composition and method for reducing odors and cleaning packing media and other components in a wet air scrubber using nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and a source of humic acid. Preferred nonionic surfactants include regular and low foam nonionic surfactants. The source of humic acid is preferably organic peat humus. The treatment composition is added to water in the wet scrubber at a concentration of 50-1000 ppm. The treatment composition is a premixed composition in a single container, making it unnecessary to separately add ingredients to the water. The treatment composition is effective at reducing odors by at least 50% compared to no treatment. The treatment composition is also effective at significantly reducing foam levels, making it unnecessary to add a separate defoamer to the water being treated. The treatment composition does not need to use defoamers, enzymes, oxidizers, chlorine compounds, or strong acids to be effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Charles L. Davis, Adrian J. Denvir, Angela L. Delegard, Marta Drewniak
  • Publication number: 20240149138
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for facilitating officials during a sporting event. According to one embodiment, a device is disclosed including a processor, a memory electrically coupled with the processor, a microphone interface electrically coupled with the processor, a user interface electrically coupled with the processor, a haptic feedback device electrically coupled with the processor; and a wireless transceiver electrically coupled with the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Keith David Fogleman, Benjamin W. Bomer, Freddie L. Davis, Belvin S. Freeman, Daniel J. Conti
  • Publication number: 20240152150
    Abstract: An autonomous off-road vehicle, upon encountering an obstruction while navigating a route, can apply a first machine-learned model to identify the obstruction. In the event that the first machine-learned model cannot identify the obstruction, the autonomous off-road vehicle can apply a second machine-learned model configured to determine whether or not the obstruction can be ignored, for instance based on dimensions of the obstruction. If the obstruction can be ignored, the autonomous off-road vehicle can continue navigating the route. If the obstruction cannot be ignored, the autonomous off-road vehicle can modify the route, can stop, can flag the obstruction to a remote human operator, can modify an interface of a human operator to display a notification or a video feed from the vehicle, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Travis J. Davis
  • Patent number: 11978931
    Abstract: Molten carbonate fuel cell configurations are provided that allow for introduction of an anode input gas flow on a side of the fuel cell that is adjacent to the entry side for the cathode input gas flow while allowing the anode and cathode to operate under co-current flow and/or counter-current flow conditions. It has been discovered that improved flow properties can be achieved within the anode or cathode during co-current flow or counter-current flow operation by diverting the input flow for the anode or cathode into an extended edge seal region (in an extended edge seal chamber) adjacent to the active area of the anode or cathode, and then using a baffle to provide sufficient pressure drop for even flow distribution of the anode input flow across the anode or cathode input flow across the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Christopher Howard, Brandon J. O'Neill, Paul J. Rubas, Frank Hershkowitz, Lu Han, Lawrence J. Novacco, Frank J. Dobek, Jr., Keith E. Davis, Brian Bullecks
  • Publication number: 20240142930
    Abstract: A building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to ingest information comprising at least one of occupancy information or energy usage information associated with a building. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to generate a space usage recommendation based on the information. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a graphical model of the building to include a representation of the information and the space usage recommendation. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a display device of a user device to display the graphical model within a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Pelski, James Callanan, Edward Gerard McNamara, Michael J. Wenzel, Robbie Glen Davis, Shawn D. Schubert, Evan O'Gorman, Himanshu Gupta, Kristian Koivisto-Kokko, Ashteya Biharisingh
  • Publication number: 20240140661
    Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Carina Mary Hamel, Robert Hart Ringer, Peter William Hazelett, Casey J. Davis, Christopher Ian Jones, Daniel William Peter, Mark Callen Beard
  • Publication number: 20240142986
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a worksite map that indicates locations of characteristics and items in the field includes operating a mobile machine outfitted with a position sensor system and a multi-spectral observation sensor system in a non-plants of interest area, such as a headland or a road. Determining the locations of characteristics and items in the worksite, and external to the mobile machine, based on the sensor data generated by the multi-spectral observation sensor system and the position sensor system while the mobile machine is in the non-plants of interest area. Generating the map of the worksite that indicates the characteristics and items at their respective locations in the worksite. In some examples, the method can further include generating a control output based on the map of the worksite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Travis J. DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20240143350
    Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Darren R. DAVIS, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Paul DYKSTRA, Jan Harold KARACHALE, Brian David CROSS, Patrick J. DERKS, William Scott STAUBER, Nishad MULYE
  • Publication number: 20240139781
    Abstract: A flowback tank cleaning system and method is described. A flowback tank includes a self-cleaning system. A flowback tank cleaning method may include moving solid debris collected at a bottom of a collection section of a flowback tank towards a lift auger using a cleaning auger or a conveyer belt extending along a length of the collection section, the bottom of the collection section including an angled trough, funneling solid debris towards the cleaning auger or conveyor belt by placing the cleaning auger or conveyor belt at a base of the angled trough, spraying fluid downward through a series of fluid outlets, removing the sand so moved by the cleaning auger or conveyer belt from the flowback tank using the lift auger, and removing the fluid from the flowback tank using a drain manifold below the cleaning auger or conveyer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: BRODEY W. DAVIS, JAY C. ROBINSON, BRANDON J. CROSSLEY, COREY L. HOBBS, JOHNNY T. GAULF, BILLY C. ROWELL, BRATON DANIELSON
  • Patent number: 11969578
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Morris, Scott M. Belliveau, Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Rian Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Patrick Wile McBride, Michael Robert Mensinger, Francis William Pascual, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Anna Leigh Davis, Kevin Shoemaker, Brian Christopher Smith, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11969769
    Abstract: A flowback tank cleaning system and method is described. A flowback tank includes a self-cleaning system. A flowback tank cleaning method may include moving solid debris collected at a bottom of a collection section of a flowback tank towards a lift auger using a cleaning auger or a conveyer belt extending along a length of the collection section, the bottom of the collection section including an angled trough, funneling solid debris towards the cleaning auger or conveyor belt by placing the cleaning auger or conveyor belt at a base of the angled trough, spraying fluid downward through a series of fluid outlets, removing the sand so moved by the cleaning auger or conveyer belt from the flowback tank using the lift auger, and removing the fluid from the flowback tank using a drain manifold below the cleaning auger or conveyer belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Brodey W. Davis, Jay C. Robinson, Brandon J. Crossley, Corey L Hobbs, Johnny T. Gaulf, Billy C. Rowell
  • Publication number: 20240122354
    Abstract: A compliant chair backrest assembly includes a back frame (58) having a first frame side (58a), a second frame side (58b), a lower portion (581) and an upper portion (58u) that extends from the lower portion (581). The upper portion (581) of the back frame is configured to engage with a back of a user and the lower portion (581) includes a first flexural member (70) and a nexus (74). The first flexural member (70) defines a first lower contact surface (90a) and has a flexural rigidity. The lower portion (581) also includes a reinforcement support (62) including a first brace (100) defining a first upper contact surface (110a) and having a flexural rigidity that is greater than the flexural rigidity of the first flexural member (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Travis J. Crowell, Christopher J. Davis
  • Publication number: 20240126260
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for distributed perception sensing via an object detection station arranged such that an associated one or more object detection sensors have respective fields of perception including at least a portion of a virtually defined perimeter extending at least partially about a working area. The object detection station detects a motion incident corresponding to a violation of the virtually defined perimeter, wherein a detected source of the motion incident is classified with respect to one or more defined source types, and one or more signals at least corresponding to the motion incident are wirelessly communicated to one or more working machines operating within the working area. At least one of the working machines may then be selectively transitioned from a normal operating mode to a hierarchical intervention mode with respect to the detected source and/or a relative position thereof within the working area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Travis J. Davis
  • Publication number: 20240123305
    Abstract: A sport helmet may include a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, and a lattice formed of flexible polymeric material, configured to deform from an initial shape upon an impact on the sport helmet and recover the initial shape thereafter to absorb at least part of the impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Bauer Hockey Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
  • Patent number: 11959786
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide a water meter assembly that includes a main case, which may be permanently situated in-line with a monitored piping system, and an interchangeable measuring element installed within the main case. The measuring element may include solid state ultrasonic components to measure fluid flow through the measuring element. Installation and/or replacement of the measuring element is enabled without removal of the main case and without additional calibration. One measuring element may be swapped out with another measuring element (e.g., a replacement or upgrade) without disconnecting from pipe sections to which the main case is attached. The measuring element cover includes an underside cavity and a bleed hole located at a high point of the underside cavity. The underside cavity releases entrapped air from the measuring channel through the bleed hole, after starting a fluid supply through the meter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John R. Scarborough, III, J. Davis Garth