Patents by Inventor James M. Baker

James M. Baker 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: 20260112872
    Abstract: A cable organizer for at least one cable includes: a support structure having a support structure inner periphery and a support structure outer periphery. The support structure has at least one of: at least one first cable accommodation guide disposed at a first distance from the support structure outer periphery, the at least one first cable accommodation guide being open with respect to the support structure outer periphery so as to allow the at least one cable to be disposed in the at least one first cable accommodation guide, and at least one second cable accommodation guide disposed at a second distance from the support structure outer periphery, the second distance being different than the first distance, the at least one second cable accommodation guide being open with respect to the support structure outer periphery via an exterior cable passage guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Rick Kukucka, James M. Baker, Nolan Landes, Daniel P. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20260110603
    Abstract: A system for detecting contamination includes: a conduit component defining a sampling space; a sensor disposed inside the sampling space, the sensor sampling a fluid within the sampling space to detect, as a sampled value, a trace component in the fluid; and a processor disposed inside the conduit component, the processor receiving the sampled value, and transmitting the sampled value outside the conduit component as a contamination indication of the conduit component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Rick Kukucka, Anthony Cooper, James M. Baker
  • Publication number: 20250256897
    Abstract: A fastening device includes: a head having: a first strap aperture; a second strap aperture; a first fastener receiving area; and a second fastener receiving area. The first strap aperture intersects the first fastener receiving area. The second strap aperture intersects the second fastener receiving area. In an embodiment, the first strap aperture and the second strap aperture each have a same shape, and the first fastener receiving area and the second fastener receiving area each have a same shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Daniel P. Edwards, James M. Baker
  • Patent number: 10615558
    Abstract: A cable compression die assembly is used in connection with a compression tool for compressing a stranded cable prior to crimping. The cable compression die assembly includes a pair of cable compression die heads for receiving a stranded cable and a cable connector therebetween. The pair of cable compression die heads defines a hexagonal shaped opening therebetween and is adapted to substantially close the hexagonal shaped opening as the die heads move towards one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC
    Inventors: Allen L. Malloy, Paul J. Bartholomew, James M. Baker
  • Patent number: 10058828
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing fluids within a pipe is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a fluid mixing device with a pipe having a pipe wall and an axial bore for conveying fluids through the pipe. The fluid mixing device also includes a sleeve disposed about the pipe and a cavity provided between an exterior surface of the pipe and an interior surface of the sleeve. The cavity and the axial bore of the pipe are in fluid communication with one another via an opening through the pipe wall. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Jiskoot, James M. Baker, Gary M. Potten
  • Patent number: 9909415
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing fluids within a conduit and monitoring performance of the mixing is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a conduit and a fluid mixer coupled to the conduit for mixing fluid flowing through a bore of the conduit. The apparatus also includes multiple sensors for measuring a characteristic of the fluid at different locations in the bore of the conduit downstream from the fluid mixer. A controller of the apparatus can monitor performance of the fluid mixer in mixing the fluid flowing through the bore of the conduit based on the measured characteristic of the fluid at the different locations in the bore of the conduit downstream from the fluid mixer. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Baker, Stuart F. Wright, Gary M. Potten
  • Publication number: 20170201056
    Abstract: A cable compression die assembly is used in connection with a compression tool for compressing a stranded cable prior to crimping. The cable compression die assembly includes a pair of cable compression die heads for receiving a stranded cable and a cable connector therebetween. The pair of cable compression die heads defines a hexagonal shaped opening therebetween and is adapted to substantially close the hexagonal shaped opening as the die heads move towards one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Allen L. Malloy, Paul J. Bartholomew, James M. Baker
  • Publication number: 20170145820
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing fluids within a conduit and monitoring performance of the mixing is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a conduit and a fluid mixer coupled to the conduit for mixing fluid flowing through a bore of the conduit. The apparatus also includes multiple sensors for measuring a characteristic of the fluid at different locations in the bore of the conduit downstream from the fluid mixer. A controller of the apparatus can monitor performance of the fluid mixer in mixing the fluid flowing through the bore of the conduit based on the measured characteristic of the fluid at the different locations in the bore of the conduit downstream from the fluid mixer. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: James M. Baker, Stuart F. Wright, Gary M. Potten
  • Publication number: 20160346744
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing fluids within a pipe is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a fluid mixing device with a pipe having a pipe wall and an axial bore for conveying fluids through the pipe. The fluid mixing device also includes a sleeve disposed about the pipe and a cavity provided between an exterior surface of the pipe and an interior surface of the sleeve. The cavity and the axial bore of the pipe are in fluid communication with one another via an opening through the pipe wall. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mark A. Jiskoot, James M. Baker, Gary M. Potten
  • Patent number: 4971152
    Abstract: The process involves creating an internal lining in a bore, e.g., for repairing well casings. A plurality of layers of resilient strip material having an adhesive material, in uncured condition and interspersed between overlapping surfaces of the strip material and between the outer surface thereof and the bore, are applied in spiral fashion by means of a mandrel to the portion of the bore to be lined. Pressure is then applied to the internal surface of the liner to force the liner against the inner surface of the bore, preferably by inflation of a packer or packer assembly whose length is substantially the length of the liner, until the adhesive is cured. The mandrel for creating the liner in a bore includes a portion adapted to receive the spirally-wrapped strip material, a packer at the upper end of the wrappable portion of the mandrel and a packer terminating at the lower end of the wrappable portion of the mandrel and extending therebelow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Nu-Bore Systems
    Inventors: Charles H. Koster, Clark Clement, A. C. Hill, James M. Baker
  • Patent number: 4420243
    Abstract: An improved hold-down arrangement for a copy sheet pickoff system in which a pressure finger of insulating material is mounted on the removable transfer corona assembly in such a way that when the assembly is placed in operative position on the machine the pressure finger is located adjacent to the forward edge of the pickoff blade with the operative end of the finger spaced out of contact with the drum by a distance which is approximately equal to the thickness of a sheet of copy paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Savin Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Baker, David L. Vermaat
  • Patent number: 4309932
    Abstract: Music playing apparatus for playing selected musical notes in accordance with a selected rhythm pattern. A rhythm pattern is selected having a multiplicity of intervals. The rhythm pattern is repetitively reproducible and musical notes played at any interval within the rhythm pattern may be selectively played as either an unaccented note or as an accented note. Selected musical notes are played at each interval within the rhythm pattern and the pitch of a selected note is determined. The pitch of a selected note is within a predetermined range of octaves in the chromatic scale and this range of octaves may be selectively extended. A tone generator generates audible musical tones in accordance with the established rhythm pattern, the selected musical notes, and the octave band within which the selected musical notes are found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Inventor: James M. Baker
  • Patent number: 4303346
    Abstract: A clutch for stopping lateral motion of a first element or device, such as a print head in a data printer, which moves along an elongated second member such as a rod or bar. The clutch includes a movable clutch member with an aperture through which the elongated bar passes. In a data printer, this bar may be the guide bar along which the print head moves laterally. The print head or other such first member is coupled to the clutch member to move it along the bar so long as the clutch member is aligned generally normal to the bar, in which condition the bar passes freely through the aperture in the clutch member. An actuator aligned with the clutch member along its lateral travel path is put into position at a point along such travel path where it is desired to stop the moving print head or other device, and operates to tilt the clutch member so that it cocks into engagement with the bar. This produces a binding action which prevents any further movement of either the clutch member or the primary device (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: Sycor, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Basse, James M. Baker