Patents by Inventor Jacob S. Yardley

Jacob S. Yardley 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: 20240043103
    Abstract: Disclosed systems, devices, and methods support an automated dynamic way to reversibly span the surface of a waterway, and may include deploying a floating boom and catch bin to redirect and capture floating waste before it reaches the terminus of the waterwaye; detecting, by a sensor suite, impending boat traffic; activating, by a control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more closing lines; verifying, by the control system, a closed configuration; verifying, by the control system, whether a battery bank charge is above a required threshold, where if the battery bank charge falls below the required threshold then the system remains in the closed configuration; activating, by the control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more opening lines if the battery bank charge is above the required threshold; and verifying, by the control system, an open configuration of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Erik V. Van Otten, Wyatt M. Felt, Jacob S. Yardley, Jacob R. Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20230340744
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for detecting, by a sensor suite, impending boat traffic; activating, by a control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more closing lines; verifying, by the control system, a closed configuration; verifying, by the control system, whether a battery bank charge is above a required threshold, where if the battery bank charge falls below the required threshold then the system remains in the closed configuration; activating, by the control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more opening lines if the battery bank charge is above the required threshold; and verifying, by the control system, an open configuration of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Wyatt M. Felt, Erik V. Van Otten, Jacob S. Yardley