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
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20160238024
    Abstract: Described is a fan assembly comprising a body comprising an inlet, an outlet, and means for generating an air flow. The fan assembly also comprises a nozzle mountable on the body for receiving the air flow from the body and for emitting the air flow and a nozzle retaining means for releasably retaining the nozzle on the body. The nozzle retaining means has a first configuration in which the nozzle is retained on the body and a second configuration in which the nozzle is released for removal from the body. The fan assembly also comprises a manually actuable member located on the nozzle for effecting movement of the nozzle retaining means from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jack JOHNSON, Steven Eduard PEET, Christopher Steven HODGSON, Leanne Joyce GARNER, Adam James BATES, William Richard HUNT
  • 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
  • Pen Needle Packaging
    Publication number: 20160193427
    Abstract: Pen needle packaging concepts provide sterile packaging which can be made with fewer small parts and which can be opened with one hand, streamlining the process of installing the pen needle on the medication pen. In some instances, the packaging operates as a sharps container to store the pen needle after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Amit LIMAYE, Yvonne Yan WANG, Joshua HERR, Abhijitsinh S. RAJ, James BATES, Robert BANIK
  • 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: 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: D767219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Dimbylow, Matthew John Dobson, David Christopher James Newton, Andrew James Wills, Adam James Bates, Rob Edward Marsden, James Dyson
  • Part of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D767220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Dimbylow, Matthew John Dobson, David Christopher James Newton, Andrew James Wills, Adam James Bates, Rob Edward Marsden, James Dyson
  • 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
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D767225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Fan
    Patent number: D768280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Steven Eduard Peet, Jack Johnson, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Jonathan George Marsh