Patents by Inventor James Smith

James Smith 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: 11926070
    Abstract: Embodiments include a bar for a chain saw that is equipped with one or more oil channels that run along the length of the bar. Each oil channel receives oil at a first end, which exits the oil channel at an oil exit aperture at a second end of the channel. The oil exit aperture of one of the channels is positioned along the side of a bar groove, through which runs the saw chain, proximate to the cutting area of the bar to lubricate the saw chain just prior to the cutting area. A second channel may have an oil exit aperture proximate to the nose of the bar, to lubricate a sprocket wheel in the nose of the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Oregon Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Burmester, Michael D. Harfst, Sam Hutsell, Genesis McDermott, Patrick Sellars, James Matthew Cunnington, Jonah Smith Sedaghaty
  • Patent number: 11927413
    Abstract: A firearm mount, components thereof, and associated methods. The firearm can be configured for use with an AR-15 style firearm or other type of firearm. The firearm mount is adapted to securely hold the firearm assembly in position for cleaning, maintenance, and/or gunsmithing tasks. The firearm mount can include a lock configured to selectively lock and unlock a firearm assembly thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Justin Burke, James Tayon, Mike Lindsay, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith, Jarrod Grove
  • Publication number: 20240077282
    Abstract: An anti-cant indicator assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. The anti-cant indicator assembly indicates the orientation of a weapon with respect to vertical. The anti-cant indicator assembly includes a mount configured to mount to the weapon, a level including a vial containing a bubble and a pivot connection connecting the level to the mount. The pivot connection is configured to permit movement of the level with respect to the mount about the pivot connection between an operational position in which the bubble can be referenced by the user for indicating orientation of the weapon with respect to vertical, and a stowed position different from the operational position. The pivot connection can include a retainer configured to releasably retain the level in at least one of the operational position or the stowed position. The level can be selectively movable with respect to the mount to calibrate the anti-cant indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Mike Lindsay, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Timothy S. Kinney, Mark Dalton, Brian Steere, Justin Burke, Kyle Martin, Dennis W. Cauley, JR., Anthony Vesich, Ryan Varnum, Seth Wheeler, Brett Eckelkamp, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith
  • Publication number: 20240077951
    Abstract: An input device includes a control surface for a color correction system. The control surface includes a housing with an upwardly facing control panel. The control panel has a proximal edge which is nearest a user and a distal edge that is furthest from a user in normal use. The control panel includes a plurality of controls. The plurality of controls includes: a plurality of trackballs, wherein each trackball comprises a ball and a control ring, said ball cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a multi-dimensional control signal based on motion of the ball, and said control ring cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a one dimensional control signal based on the rotational motion of the ring, wherein the ball of said trackball is mounted concentrically with said control ring; a plurality of control buttons; and a plurality of knobs coupled to respective rotary encoders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Grant David Petty, Simon Milne Kidd, John Anthony Vanzella, Shannon Howard Smith, Andrew James Godin, Benjamin Hill, Lachlan James Karp
  • Publication number: 20240076875
    Abstract: A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Carmen Anthony LaTorre, Jacob Paul Honsvick, Christopher Patrick Kasprzak, Daniel James Buckwalter, Edward R. Harrington, Jonathan Ross Davis, Laurand Henry Lewandowski, David Michael Ploense, William Edwin Smith, Scott W. Schweiger, Ganesh Latta
  • Publication number: 20240074684
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and systems for determining an emotional fitness metrics for users. A physiological parameter of the user is measured during a group activity using at least one biosensor to acquire a measured signal. The measured signal of the user is compared to a measured signal for the physiological parameter of one or more additional users as measured when the one or more additional users perform the group activity. An emotional connectivity may be calculated based on a synchronicity of the measured signal of the user with the measured signal of the one or more additional users, as well as a cognitive appraisal metric, a resilience metric and an emotional fitness metric. Connectivity values for user pairings for a group activity can be computed based a synchronicity in a time-series correlation for the physiological parameters for permutations of the user pairings for the group activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Siân Elizabeth GORDON, Sian Victoria ALLEN, Todd James SMITH, Brandon Scott JUNG, Ellisa Kathleen CALDER, Navjot KAILAY, Kerem DOGURGA
  • Publication number: 20240076769
    Abstract: Red rust staining of Al/Zn coated steel strip in “acid rain” or “polluted” environments can be minimised by forming the coating as an Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coating with an OT:SDAS ratio greater than a value of 0.5:1, where OT is the overlay thickness on a surface of the strip and SDAS is the measure of the secondary dendrite arm spacing for the Al-rich alpha phase dendrites in the coating. Red rust staining in “acid rain” or “polluted” environments and corrosion at cut edges in marine environments can be minimised in Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coatings on steel strip by selection of the composition (principally Mg and Si) and solidification control (principally by cooling rate) and forming Mg2Si phase particles of a particular morphology in interdendritic channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Bluescope Steel Limited
    Inventors: Ross McDowall SMITH, Qiyang LIU, Bryan Andrew SHEDDEN, Aaron Kiffer NEUFELD, Joe WILLIAMS, David James NOLAN, Wayne RENSHAW
  • Patent number: 11919179
    Abstract: An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Shane Ball, William Garland, Brian Steere, Timothy S. Kinney, Seth Wheeler, Justin Burke, James Tayon, Curtis Smith
  • Publication number: 20240065722
    Abstract: A method for coupling a first medical device component to a second medical device component comprising altering the first medical device component from a natural state to an altered state, by reducing a cross-sectional dimension of the first medical device, fitting a first portion of the first medical device component in the altered state into a first opening of the second medical device component, wherein the first medical device component includes second portions not within the first opening of the second medical device component, and allowing the second portions of the first medical device component to revert back to the natural state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian GAFFNEY, Paul SMITH, James J. SCUTTI, Rachel Marie WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11913763
    Abstract: An ammunition press for manufacturing or reloading ammunition cartridges. The ammunition press includes a slide bearing about which the ram of the ammunition press moves to provide smooth operation of the ammunition press. A configurable spent primer system is provided to enable a user to select how they want to collect spent primers or other debris from the ammunition press. According to a user's preference, the ammunition press can also be customized to provide a cam-over or non-cam-over sensation as the user operates the ammunition press. A light is integrated with the ammunition press for illuminating a shell holder that holds the ammunition shells (sometimes called cases). Components of the ammunition press and associated methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: Shane Ball, Justin Burke, Michael Lindsay, Jarrod Grove, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Curtis Smith
  • Patent number: 11912545
    Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Matthew N. Thurin, Joshua D. Widder, Timothy J. Bartlett, Patrick D. Gallagher, Jarrod P. Kotes, Karly M. Schober, Kenneth W. Wolf, Terry L. Timmons, Mallory L. Marksteiner, Jonathan L. Lambert, Ryan A. Spiering, Jeremy R. Ebner, Benjamin A. Smith, James Wekwert, Brandon L. Yahr, Troy C. Thorson, Connor P. Sprague, John E. Koller, Evan M. Glanzer, John S. Scott, William F. Chapman, III, Timothy R. Obermann
  • Publication number: 20240054794
    Abstract: Described is a task for an automobile interior having at least one subject that creates a video input, an audio input, and a context descriptor input. The video input relates to the at least one subject and is processed by a face detection module and a facial point registration module to produce a first output. The first output is further processed by at least one of: a facial point tracking module, a head orientation tracking module, a body tracking module, a social gaze tracking module, and an action unit intensity tracking module. The audio input relating to the at least one subject is processed by a valence and arousal affect states tracking module to produce a second output and to produce a valence and arousal scores output. A temporal behavior primitives buffer produce a temporal behavior output. Based on the foregoing, a mental state prediction module predicts the mental state of at least one subject in the automobile interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michel François Valstar, Anthony Brown, Timur Almaev, Steven Cliffe, Thomas James Smith, Tze Ee Yong, Mani Kumar Tellamekala
  • Publication number: 20240052535
    Abstract: A method of preparing a continuous yarn from comingled discontinuous glass fiber and thermoplastic fiber is described. An exemplary yarn comprising comingled recycled glass fiber and acrylic fiber is described. Methods of preparing fiber-reinforced composite components from the yarn are also described. The fiber-reinforced composite components can be used in a variety of applications. In an exemplary application, the composite is used to provide component parts for a model rocket body and nosecone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: University of Tennessee Research Foundation, TPI Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Ginder, Warren James Smith, Daniel Paul Rasmussen, Stephen C. Nolet
  • Patent number: 11884243
    Abstract: Assemblies for supporting a load relative to a roof of a vehicle, and vehicle roof tray assemblies are disclosed. Disclosed assemblies include an elongate member and an engaging mechanism. The elongate member defines a support surface for supporting the load, and has a pair of opposed, diverging retention surfaces extending away from the support surface. The engaging mechanism is configured to abut the retention surfaces to engage the elongate member. A slat for a vehicle roof tray is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ARB Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Guy Menegazzo, James Kenneth Robert Luke, Gavin James Smith
  • Patent number: 11888817
    Abstract: A security system obtains data logs from a set of security applications that each output data of different data types and in different formats. A filtering module obtains the data from the security applications as an input message stream and processes the into message stream into an output message stream with messages in a standardized format for processing by a security engine. The filtering module includes a set of filters each tailored to process data from a different data source. The filtering module detects the data source from analysis of the data and applies the corresponding filter to generate the output message stream. The security engine then detects patterns in the output data stream and provides alerts to an administrative interface when it detects a pattern indicative of malicious activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cysiv, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel James Smith
  • Publication number: 20240024607
    Abstract: Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Michiel KOOIJ, Alexander Joel BENTLEY, Igor BESIC, Robert Thomas BURNHAM, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Priyanshu GUPTA, Kirrily Michele HASKARD, Ryan Michael KIRKPATRICK, Luke Emmanuel KLINKENBERG, Dimitri Marco MAURER, Joseph Samuel ORMROD, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Bishavjot SINGH, Christopher James SMITH, Lochlan VON MOGER, Paul Derrick WATSON, Daniel Marc WEISS, Hadley WHITE
  • Publication number: 20240028051
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: determine one or more flight paths for an aerial vehicle, where the determined flight path creates a continuous surface about one or more potential gas sources of a survey site receive a trace gas data from one or more trace gas sensors of the aerial vehicle of the continuous surface as the aerial vehicle flies the determined one or more flight paths; and determine based on the received trace gas data whether a gas leak is present in the received survey site and a rate of the gas leak if present in the survey site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Alexander Miller, II, Brendan James Smith, Stuart Buckingham
  • Patent number: 11874419
    Abstract: A method is claimed for automatically transforming sonic well logs from a depth domain to a seismic two-way travel-time domain. The method includes obtaining a training well with a measured sonic well log in the depth domain and a borehole seismic dataset in the depth domain and obtaining an application well with only a measured sonic well log in the depth domain. The method further includes training a network to predict a transformed sonic well log for the training well based, at least in part, on the measured sonic well log and the borehole seismic dataset in the training well, and predicting with the network, the transformed sonic well log in the application well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Philippe Georges Christophe Nivlet, Robert James Smith, Nasher Muqbel AlBinHassan
  • Publication number: 20240007562
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a system for obtaining electronic data from a network server accessible. The system comprises a communication device to electronically access an automated phone system via a telephone number and a memory circuit that stores a configuration file and a log file. The system further comprises a processor that identifies a record that includes a unique identifier for an entity and data to compare with corresponding data from the automated phone system. The processor is further configured to access and navigate the phone menu based on the configuration file and input a unique sequence of digits based on the instructions in the configuration file. The processor is also configured to obtain an audio message from the automated phone system, convert the audio message to a corresponding text message, and determine whether the corresponding text message indicates an error or includes the corresponding data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Brian C. QUARESMA, Frederick Robert DE YONG, Preston Spencer RAMIREZ, Joshua James SMITH
  • Publication number: 20240002287
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic material, includes a lower support conveying and contacting electrode structure, an upper contacting electrode structure positioned above the lower support structure, and one or more DC bias voltage sources connected to one or both of the upper contacting structure and the lower support structure. A process for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic sheets or substrates includes heating the sheet or substrate, feeding the sheet or substrate continuously or continually, while applying a DC voltage bias, and cooling the sheet or substrate to within 0-30° C. of ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Nicholas James Smith, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek