Patents by Inventor James Bates

James Bates 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).

  • Needle changing apparatus
    Patent number: 9427514
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, comprising an inner housing, a reservoir disposed within the inner housing, and a needle holder disposed within the inner housing, for fluidly connecting a medicament container of the medicament delivery device with the reservoir. The apparatus also includes a plurality of patient needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder, and an outer housing displaceably disposed about the inner housing and providing a user interface to individually select one of the plurality of patient needles, connect the selected needle with the reservoir, expose the selected needle outside of the apparatus for injection, and store the selected needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Margaret Taylor, Robert Banik
  • Filter System with Integral Media Retainer Seal
    Publication number: 20160243467
    Abstract: A filter system having a filter media retainer seal includes: at least one underdrain block having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls extending between the top wall and the bottom wall; a filter media retainer mounted onto the top wall of the at least one underdrain block; and at least one rib positioned between the underdrain block and the filter media retainer. The at least one rib forms a seal between the underdrain block and the filter media retainer, and prevents filter media from entering the underdrain block. The at least one rib can be monolithically formed to the at least one underdrain block. Alternatively, the at least one rib is monolithically formed to the filter media retainer. The rib is crushable and/or it bites into a surface on the adjoining part to reduce or eliminate the need for a separate sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS ZELIENOPLE LLC
    Inventors: Howard James Sweeney, Brian James Bates
  • Cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 9392917
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance of the cylinder type comprises a separating apparatus for separating dirt from a dirt-bearing fluid flow, and a floor-engaging rolling assembly. The separating apparatus comprises a first cyclonic separation unit having a low efficiency cyclone and a second cyclonic separation unit having a plurality of second cyclones. The rolling assembly comprises a main body having a recess in which the separating apparatus is received, and a plurality of floor-engaging wheels rotatably connected to the main body. The recess in the main body comprises a plurality of shaped recesses, each of which corresponds to the shape of at least a portion of a second cyclone. When the separating apparatus is received in the recess, a second cyclone is located at least partially in each shaped recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Dimbylow, Peter David Gammack, Patrick Joseph William Moloney, David Christopher James Newton, James White, Adam James Bates
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D757379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D757381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D758010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Joshua Timothy Pascal Bagshawe
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D758012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Joshua Timothy Pascal Bagshawe
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D758034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D760976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Package
    Patent number: D761107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Paul Waldron, Memduh Guney, Andrew James Bate, Gaetano Caldarola
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D762932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D764726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates, Joanne Katy Mitchell, Paul Dawson, James Dyson, Peter David Gammack
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D766525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam James Bates, Rob Edward Marsden
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D767223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam James Bates, Rob Edward Marsden