Patents by Inventor James Loyd

James Loyd 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).

  • Electric bicycle
    Patent number: 9701356
    Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame including first and second segments pivotable relative to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position. A magnet is fixed relative to the first segment. An electromagnet is fixed relative to the second segment and disposed in a magnetic field of the magnet when the frame is in the folded position. A controller is configured to power the electromagnet to repel the magnet to unfold the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Southey, Simon Potticary, James Neugebauer, Torsten Gerhardt, Richard Craven, James Loyd, Jonathan Mundy
  • Transtracheal oxygen stent
    Patent number: 7195016
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for implanting a surgical apparatus including a first flange having an opening, a second flange having an opening, and a shaft having a lumen connecting the first and second flange openings. The surgical apparatus is inserted into a stoma formed in the trachea of a patient. The surgical apparatus receives and secures an oxygen supply line for patients who have difficulty breathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: E. Benson Hood Laboratories
    Inventors: James Loyd, Dennis Creedon, Lewis H. Marten
  • Transtracheal oxygen stent
    Publication number: 20060157061
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for implanting a surgical apparatus including a first flange having an opening, a substantially X-shaped second flange having an opening, and a shaft having a lumen connecting the first and second flange openings. The surgical apparatus is inserted into a stoma formed in the trachea of a patient. The surgical apparatus receives and secures an oxygen supply line for patients who have difficulty breathing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: James Loyd, Dennis Creedon, Lewis Marten
  • Transtracheal oxygen stent
    Publication number: 20050145252
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for implanting a surgical apparatus including a first flange having an opening, a second flange having an opening, and a shaft having a lumen connecting the first and second flange openings. The surgical apparatus is inserted into a stoma formed in the trachea of a patient. The surgical apparatus receives and secures an oxygen supply line for patients who have difficulty breathing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: James Loyd, Dennis Creedon, Lewis Marten