Patents by Inventor James Eldon

James Eldon 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: 10207363
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing temperature controller/temperature sensor uses one or more spectrophotometric sensors to monitor temperature of successive layers and preferably localized sections of successive layers of a melt pool, and transients thereof, of an object being generated for the purpose of dynamic control of the additive manufacturing device and/or quality control of the generated object manufactured with the additive manufacturing device. Generally, the additive manufacturing temperature controller/sensor apparatus monitors temperature of a section of the object during manufacture as a function of wavelength, time, position, and/or angle to determine melt extent in terms of radius and/or depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventors: James Eldon Craig, Thomas Ross Wakeman
  • Patent number: 10206564
    Abstract: A dental instrument system has an optical component with a mirror for the dental practitioner to view a patient's mouth. A light source and an airflow source have a plurality of output levels that are controlled by a user input on the handle, such as a single button. The output levels of the light and airflow are controlled by a single or double click, wherein a single click increases the output level of the airflow and a double click increases the output level of the light, for example. The light source illuminates the mirror and the airflow source produces airflow over the mirror to remove debris and bodily fluid. A clearing flow of air may be initiated by holding the single button down on the handle and release of the button may return the airflow to the previous level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: STAYCLEAR DENTAL MIRROR LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Watson, James L Manniso, Mark L Manniso, James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20180332964
    Abstract: A bracket mechanism is configured to facilitate connection of multiple rail elements to form an elongated element to span over a work space and/or to help support a continuous integral element spanning over a work space. The bracket mechanism can be configured to help ensure the rigidity of the elongated element positioned over the work space so that the elongated element does not sag or bow downwards as it extends over the work space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: James Harrison McKenzie, James Eldon, David McClanahan, Christopher Bender
  • Publication number: 20180263484
    Abstract: A dental instrument system has an optical component with a mirror for the dental practitioner to view a patient's mouth. A light source and an airflow source have a plurality of output levels that are controlled by a user input on the handle, such as a single button. The output levels of the light and airflow are controlled by a single or double click, wherein a single click increases the output level of the airflow and a double click increases the output level of the light, for example. The light source illuminates the mirror and the airflow source produces airflow over the mirror to remove debris and bodily fluid. A clearing flow of air may be initiated by holding the single button down on the handle and release of the button may return the airflow to the previous level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Watson, James L Manniso, Mark L Manniso, James Eldon
  • Patent number: 9974433
    Abstract: A dental mirror instrument has a light waveguide and an airflow conduit that extend along the length of an elongated member to a mirror portion. An airflow exiting from the airflow conduit may be directed over the mirror surface to remove fluids and debris. Light from a light source is transmitted along the light waveguide and is reflected off of a back-side of a land portion through a Fresnel lens to produce a task light. A mirror may have a hydrophobic surface and this surface may have raised portions or a patterned surface that further enhances the removal of fluids or debris. The optical component of the dental instrument may be detachable to a source component and may be disposable. A flexible connector may be coupled with the source component to provide an airflow to the airflow conduit and/or electrical power to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: STAYCLEAR DENTAL MIRROR LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Watson, James L Manniso, Mark L Manniso, David D McClanahan, James Eldon
  • Patent number: 9877503
    Abstract: A hand operable juicer having a handle extending from beneath a juice receptacle is described. The handle has a drive link end that couples with a drive mechanism to rotate a drive shaft that extends up through a drive shaft conduit and couples with a pulping crown. Gear and crank type drive mechanisms are described. In some embodiments of the invention, the drive mechanism is configured to provide a rotational advantage, whereby a certain degree of rotation of the handle around the pulping crown rotational axis produces a higher degree of rotation of the pulping crown. The hand operable juicer described is easy to operate and easy to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Radius Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20170202446
    Abstract: A dental mirror instrument has a light waveguide and an airflow conduit that extend along the length of an elongated member to a mirror portion. An airflow exiting from the airflow conduit may be directed over the mirror surface to remove fluids and debris. Light from a light source is transmitted along the light waveguide and is reflected off of a back-side of a land portion through a Fresnel lens to produce a task light. A mirror may have a hydrophobic surface and this surface may have raised portions or a patterned surface that further enhances the removal of fluids or debris. The optical component of the dental instrument may be detachable to a source component and may be disposable. A flexible connector may be coupled with the source component to provide an airflow to the airflow conduit and/or electrical power to the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Watson, James L. Manniso, Mark L. Manniso, David D. McClanahan, James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20170151628
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing temperature controller/temperature sensor uses one or more spectrophotometric sensors to monitor temperature of successive layers and preferably localized sections of successive layers of a melt pool, and transients thereof, of an object being generated for the purpose of dynamic control of the additive manufacturing device and/or quality control of the generated object manufactured with the additive manufacturing device. Generally, the additive manufacturing temperature controller/sensor apparatus monitors temperature of a section of the object during manufacture as a function of wavelength, time, position, and/or angle to determine melt extent in terms of radius and/or depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: James Eldon Craig, Thomas Ross Wakeman
  • Patent number: 9629533
    Abstract: A dental mirror instrument has a light waveguide and an airflow conduit that extend along the length of an elongated member to a mirror portion. An airflow exiting from the airflow conduit may be directed over the mirror surface to remove fluids and debris. Light from a light source is transmitted along the light waveguide and is reflected off of a back-side of a land portion through a Fresnel lens to produce a task light. A mirror may have a hydrophobic surface and this surface may have raised portions or a patterned surface that further enhances the removal of fluids or debris. The optical component of the dental instrument may be detachable to a source component and may be disposable. A flexible connector may be coupled with the source component to provide an airflow to the airflow conduit and/or electrical power to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: STAYCLEAR DENTAL MIRROR LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Watson, James L Manniso, Mark L Manniso, David D McClanahan, James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20170011014
    Abstract: While interacting with resources such as databases and data sets, a user of an organization may create a usage of a resource that is interesting or has value. The user may publish the usage to a web page and/or notify other users who may be interested in the usage, but the effectiveness of such sharing depends upon the user's volition to share the usage with interested users. Instead, the interaction between the interacting user and the resource may be monitored to detect a usage of the resource that may be interesting to other users of the organization. Interested users may be automatically identified and notified of the resource usage, and may request a replay of the resource usage by the interacting interested user. Usages may also be automatically stored as part of a catalog of resource usages by the interacting user for interested users to browse and replay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liensberger, James Eldon Tillinghast, Mark Wade Heninger, Christina Storm, Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung
  • Publication number: 20170010756
    Abstract: Organizations may comprise a variety of resources that are assigned to various organizational units, and allocated for various projects or tasks. A user who wishes to understand the organizational structure of the resources may examine information sources, such as resource manifests and resource access logs, and interpret such information with the user's knowledge of the organization, but may fail to achieve a comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date understanding of the organization. Instead, interactions among users and resources may be monitored to infer organizational structure; assignment of resources to organizational units; relationships among resources; and usages arising within such resource relationships. Based on such inferences, an interactive visual map may be automatically generated that depicts the arrangement of the organization and the interrelationships of the resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liensberger, James Eldon Tillinghast, Mark Wade Heninger, Christina Storm, Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung
  • Publication number: 20170012847
    Abstract: The resources of an organization may provide various functions and services, and the performance of the resources may be of interest. Performance indicators (e.g., network bandwidth, I/O throughput, and processing capacity) may be measured and logged, and examined in the event of diminished performance in order to identify a non-performing resource. However, because resources may depend on other resources, and to different degrees, the performance of the first resource may be limited by the performance of a related resource, and logging respective resource performance may not inform this determination. An embodiment of the techniques presented herein may evaluate an effect of the performance indicators of a first resource on the performance indicators of related resources (e.g., through historic comparisons or differential testing), and a visual resource map may include a visual indicator of the effect of performance indicators of a first resource on the performance indicators of a related resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liensberger, James Eldon Tillinghast, Mark Wade Heninger, Christina Storm, Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung, Amir Netz
  • Publication number: 20160143521
    Abstract: A dental mirror instrument has a light waveguide and an airflow conduit that extend along the length of an elongated member to a mirror portion. An airflow exiting from the airflow conduit may be directed over the mirror surface to remove fluids and debris. Light from a light source is transmitted, along the light waveguide and is reflected off of a back-side of a land portion through a Fresnel lens to produce a task light. A mirror may have a hydrophobic surface and this surface may have raised portions or a patterned surface that further enhances the removal of fluids or debris. The optical component of the dental instrument may be detachable to a source component and may be disposable. A flexible connector may be coupled with the source component to provide an airflow to the airflow conduit and/or electrical power to the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Watson, James L Manniso, Mark L Manniso, David D McClanahan, James Eldon
  • Patent number: 9265335
    Abstract: A formable handle toothbrush has a handle portion that allows a user to heat and form the handle to the shape of their hand to provide for more secure grip of the toothbrush. In one embodiment, a hand formable toothbrush has a toothbrush head attached to a shank that can be inserted into a socket within the toothbrush handle. This configuration allows for the use of replacement toothbrush heads. This makes manufacturing of higher cost handles more economical, as the formable handle portions would not be thrown out when the toothbrush head needs replacement. To customize the formable handle portion, a user may simply place the toothbrush, or handle portion of the toothbrush, in boiling water for a period of time and then remove the toothbrush handle, allow it to cool to a safe temperature and then grasp the handle to form it into the shape of their hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Radius Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon
  • Patent number: 9219857
    Abstract: An apparatus including a processor configured to change automatically which pixels are used to define a target captured image in response to relative movement of a sensor frame of reference defined by a camera sensor and an image frame of reference defined by the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20150296861
    Abstract: A hand operable juicer having a handle extending from beneath a juice receptacle is described, The handle has a drive link end that couples with a drive mechanism to rotate a drive shaft that extends up through a drive shaft conduit and couples with a pulping crown. Gear and crank type drive mechanisms are described. In some embodiments of the invention, the drive mechanism is configured to provide a rotational advantage, whereby a certain degree of rotation of the handle around the pulping crown rotational axis produces a higher degree of rotation of the pulping crown. The hand operable juicer described is easy to operate and easy to clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon
  • Publication number: 20150268099
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing temperature controller/temperature sensor uses one or more spectrophotometric sensors to monitor temperature of successive layers and preferably localized sections of successive layers of a melt pool, and transients thereof, of an object being generated for the purpose of dynamic control of the additive manufacturing device and/or quality control of the generated object manufactured with the additive manufacturing device. Generally, the additive manufacturing temperature controller/sensor apparatus monitors temperature of a section of the object during manufacture as a function of wavelength, time, position, and/or angle to determine melt extent in terms of radius and/or depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: James Eldon Craig, Thomas Ross Wakeman
  • Patent number: 9095169
    Abstract: A hand operable juicer having a handle extending from beneath a juice receptacle is described. The handle has a drive link end that couples with a drive mechanism to rotate a drive shaft that extends up through a drive shaft conduit and couples with a pulping crown. Gear and crank type drive mechanisms are described. In some embodiments of the invention, the drive mechanism is configured to provide a rotational advantage, whereby a certain degree of rotation of the handle around the pulping crown rotational axis produces a higher degree of rotation of the pulping crown. The hand operable juicer described is easy to operate and easy to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Radius Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon
  • Patent number: D780458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Radius Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon
  • Patent number: D834828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Radius Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Foley, James Eldon