Patents by Inventor James Knight

James Knight 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: 20250089399
    Abstract: A reconfigurable solar array has a plurality of photovoltaic cells and an interconnect circuit including a plurality of switches for interconnecting the photovoltaic cells. A thermostatic feedback control circuit in communication with a temperature sensor is configured to produce a temperature signal that is proportional to a temperature of the photovoltaic cells. The thermostatic feedback control circuit is configured to cause at least one of the switches to change state at a preset temperature that is independent of supply voltage. When the temperature is above the preset temperature, the photovoltaic cells are arranged in a plurality of strings connected in parallel. When the temperature is at or below the preset temperature, at least one photovoltaic cell in each string is disconnected from a respective string and reconnected in series to each other to form a new string connected in parallel to the other strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jay Michael Gordon, Paul James Matthews, Thomas Joseph Knight
  • Patent number: 12243112
    Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Eric Michael Jeck, Barry Loyd Knight, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Ponsi Trivisvavet, Justin Y H Wong, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Marc-Cedric Joseph Meunier, Casey James Leist, Pranav Ram Tadi, Andrea Lee Flaherty, Charles David Brummitt, Naveen Neil Sinha, Jordan Lambert, Jonathan Hennek, Carlos Becco, Mark Allen, Daniel Bachner, Fernando Derossi, Ewan Lamont, Rob Lowenthal, Dan Creagh, Steve Abramson, Ben Allen, Jyoti Shankar, Chris Moscardini, Jeremy Crane, David Weisman, Gerard Keating, Lauren Moores, William Pate
  • Publication number: 20250070578
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery jump starting device and a rechargeable battery assembly for use in the portable rechargeable battery jump starting device. The portable rechargeable battery jump starting device maximizes the power conducted from the rechargeable battery assembly to a battery being jump started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, SR., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Publication number: 20250042278
    Abstract: A jump starting apparatus configured for jump starting a vehicle battery includes a rechargeable battery, a first battery cable having a first battery terminal connector for connecting the jump starting apparatus to a first battery terminal of the vehicle battery, a second battery cable having a second battery terminal connector for connecting the jump starting apparatus to a second battery terminal of the vehicle battery, a first conductor bar or plate connecting a conductor of the first battery cable to a first tab or terminal of the rechargeable battery, and a safety control system or circuit configured for detecting when the jump starting apparatus is properly connected to the vehicle battery and then switching on power from the rechargeable battery to the vehicle battery only when the jump starting apparatus is properly connected to the vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, SR., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Publication number: 20250032697
    Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source supported by the housing and configured to aspirate fluid from a wound covered by a wound dressing, a switch positioned on an exterior surface of the housing, and a controller configured to operate the negative pressure source. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a first user input via the switch, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a first fluid flow rate. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a second user input via the switch subsequent to receiving the first user input, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a second fluid flow rate greater than the first fluid flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, David Michael Elder, Mark John Ellerington, Benjamin James Gardner, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Reece James Knight, Andrea Maggiore, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Fraser George Weedon, Amy Nicole Wheldrake
  • Patent number: 12212170
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery assembly includes a rechargeable battery having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a rigid electrically conductive frame electrically connected to at least one of the positive terminal or the negative terminal of the rechargeable battery. The rigid electrically conductive frame is bent along multiple axes and includes a plurality of conductive frame members that are mechanically coupled together. The rigid electrically conductive frame surrounds the rechargeable battery on at least five sides, thereby providing structural stability to the rechargeable battery assembly during storage and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The NOCO Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: 12208696
    Abstract: An apparatus for jump starting a vehicle includes a handheld booster device comprising a rechargeable battery pack, a control circuit, a power switch, and an output port, wherein the control circuit detects when it is safe to couple the handheld booster device to the vehicle's battery and connects the rechargeable battery pack to the output port thru the power switch; and a jumper cable device comprising a plug and a pair of cables integrated with the plug, the plug being configured to connect to the output port of the handheld booster device in a specific orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The NOCO Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Publication number: 20250025622
    Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy device can be configured to monitor motion and determine that the device is falling as well as duration and height of the fall. Flat falls and rotating falls can be accurately detected. The device can provide an indication of the fall, including deactivating therapy. The device can monitor the amount exudate removed from a wound and determine whether transition to a low-exudate rate negative pressure wound therapy and suggest such transition. The device can utilize proportional-inte-gral-derivative (PID) control loop to drive a negative pressure source of the device. The PID control loop can utilize different proportional gain and integral gain for different negative pressure setpoint to achieve target pressure quickly and without any large overshoots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Angela Boscaro, David Michael Elder, Grant Howarth, Pavel Ivan, Reece James Knight, Andrea Maggiore, Christopher John Webb
  • Publication number: 20250020046
    Abstract: An embodiment of a perforating gun system deployable in a wellbore extending through a subterranean earthen formation includes a tandem sub including a sub housing and a signal pod receivable in the sub housing, wherein the signal pod includes a detonator and a receptacle; and a perforating gun including a charge carrier configured to receive one or more shaped charges, the charge carrier including a detonator cord housing configured to receive a terminal end of a detonator cord, and wherein the detonator cord housing is receivable in the receptacle of the signal pod to ballistically couple the detonator cord with the detonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP
    Inventors: Steven Zakharia, Brian Auer, Benjamin Knight, Timmothy Lee, Ryan Ward, James Kash, Adam Green, David W. Westphal
  • Publication number: 20240374772
    Abstract: A disinfection device may include a disinfection chamber, an ozone generator configured to generate ozone, and a humidifier configured to generate humidity and configured to be fluidly coupled to the disinfection chamber and the ozone generator, the humidifier being configured to encourage a mixing of generated ozone with generated humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: James KNIGHT
  • Patent number: 12121827
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements including a plurality of function construction elements. The toy construction elements and the function construction elements are detachably interconnected with each other forming a toy construction model. The toy construction model comprising at least a subset of the plurality of toy construction elements; each function construction element comprising a function device adapted to perform a user-perceptible function. The toy construction system further comprises a tag construction element detachably connectable to one or more of the toy construction elements. The tag construction element and the function construction elements are configured for communication of configuration data from the tag construction element to each of the subset of function construction elements when the tag construction element is connected to a toy construction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Donaldson, Mark Ross Champkins, Robert George Milner, Andrew James Knights
  • Publication number: 20240325584
    Abstract: A disinfection device may include a disinfection chamber, a device controller, an ozone generator configured to generate ozonated air, and a humidifier assembly configured to encourage a mixing of the ozonated air with humidity. The humidifier assembly may include a humidification chamber that includes a humidification chamber outlet, a chamber housing, a chamber base coupled to the chamber housing, and chamber electrical connectors electrically coupled to the device controller and a liquid reservoir that includes a liquid container and a reservoir lid removably coupled to the liquid container, the reservoir lid including a piezo-electric atomizer and lid electrical connectors configured to selectively electrically couple with the chamber electrical connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: James KNIGHT, Kevin Beaulieu
  • Patent number: 12064527
    Abstract: A disinfection device may include a disinfection chamber, an ozone generator configured to generate ozone, and a humidifier configured to generate humidity and configured to be fluidly coupled to the disinfection chamber and the ozone generator, the humidifier being configured to encourage a mixing of generated ozone with generated humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SOCLEAN, INC.
    Inventor: James Knight
  • Patent number: 12021394
    Abstract: A toy system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements, having detachably interconnecting coupling members for creating coherent spatial structures. The plurality of toy construction elements include: an energy source device comprising a housing and an energy transfer circuit therein; and energy distribution devices to provide respective external conductive loops extending outside the housing and defining a respective external energy transfer zone in a proximity of the respective external conductive loops. The energy source device is configured to be brought into operational connection with the energy distribution devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Andrew James Knights, Isobel Jane Ashbey, Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish, Simon Mark Jordan, Robert George Milner, Martin Edward Brock, Thomas Alan Donaldson, Mark Ross Champkins, Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna, Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Yufan Wei Wang, Troels Hermann, Arun Venkatasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20240091396
    Abstract: A disinfection device may include a disinfection chamber, an ozone generator configured to generate ozone, and a humidifier configured to generate humidity and configured to be fluidly coupled to the disinfection chamber and the ozone generator, the humidifier being configured to encourage a mixing of generated ozone with generated humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: James KNIGHT
  • Publication number: 20240082749
    Abstract: An interactive toy comprising a function device for performing user-perceptible, controllable functions. The interactive toy also includes a rechargeable power source and a charging circuit for contactless receipt of electrical energy and for charging the rechargeable power source when the interactive toy is positioned in a charging zone of a contactless charging device. The interactive toy is adapted to determine a charging rate at respective positions relative to the charging device and to generate a user-perceptible output indicative of the determined charging rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Mark Ross CHAMPKINS, Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA, Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD, Yufan Wei WANG, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Simon Mark JORDAN, Andrew James KNIGHTS, Isobel Jane ASHBEY, Martin Edward BROCK, Rosanna Elizabeth PARRISH, Silviu TOMA, Robert George MILNER
  • Publication number: 20240003558
    Abstract: A humidifier includes a housing, a water reservoir configured to hold a quantity of water, a fan assembly configured to generate an air flow path within the humidifier, a sanitizing system, and a wick assembly. The sanitizing system is configured to generate a sanitizing gas and to transfer the sanitizing gas to the water reservoir such that at least a portion of the sanitizing gas is absorbed into the water in the water reservoir. The wick assembly is fluidly configured to receive water from the water reservoir and transfer the water into the air flow path to generate humidified air. The water received by the wick assembly includes at least a portion of the sanitizing gas absorbed into the water, wherein at least a portion of the water received by wick assembly flows back to the water reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES KNIGHT, ROBERT WILKINS, KELLY GRAHAM, CHARLES ROBERT, TAHIRA JAYASURIYA
  • Patent number: D1063845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Noco Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: D1066252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: The Noco Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: D1067187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Noco Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill