Patents by Inventor James Walter

James Walter 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: 20230175528
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20230142821
    Abstract: This patent defines a method for making robot programming more intuitive for tasks such as welding. The method further is an enhancement of manual guiding methods of robot positioning and can improve situations in which finer resolution or control of the robot end-effector is required. A motion sensor is mounted in series with the n?1 joint and in parallel with the nth joint, where n is the number of degrees of freedom or number of joints of the serial manipulator. The motion sensor is further mounted directly in-line with the nth joint and becomes part the opposing portion of the nth joint. The motion sensor further is uniquely adapted to apply to non-spherical wrist robots. The motion sensor senses input movements by a robot operator and controls the output tool motion in a controlled manner with resolution defined by user input at the motion sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: James Walter Beard, III, Stephen Lee Canfield, Stephen Giovanni Zuccaro, Nicholas Canfield
  • Patent number: 11603863
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly comprising a motor, a mount for coupling to a structure and for suspending the motor, and a ceiling fan blade comprising only a blade body for coupling to the motor, wherein the ceiling fan blade is formed from a molded pulp comprising at least one of paper fibers, plant fibers, or wood fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20230034864
    Abstract: The FODBot consists of a primary power source, a fan for creating suction, a suction nozzle for picking up FOD from flat areas and depressions in the flat areas, a horizontal brush for moving FOD to the suction nozzle and a cup brush with deformable linkage that can adjust to vertical surfaces and move FOD from the edge of these surfaces to the suction nozzle. The FOD removal machine also contains FOD sensors, position sensors and an algorithm and computer to create a digital twin of all acquired FOD by building a database of the FOD's type, location and time of cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: James Walter Beard, Stephen Lee Canfield
  • Publication number: 20230000245
    Abstract: A stand for supporting a computing device is provided. The stand may support the computing device at a height such that a screen of the computing device is capable of being at or near eye-level of a user. The stand may include a frame member and a gripping mechanism attached to an end of the frame member. The gripping mechanism may secure the computing device to the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Roost Industries Corp.
    Inventors: James Dodson OLANDER, Zachary Earl CONRAD, James Walter MOENNICH
  • Publication number: 20220409131
    Abstract: The systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles disclosed herein provide a new approach to treatment symptoms, such as proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders, which may be caused by certain types of human ailments. According to the present disclosure, a wearable article may include one or more limb sections and a resilient member may be provided along a length of each of the one or more limb sections and configured to generate a resistance force. Adjustments to the resistance force provided by the resilient member(s) may be adjusted using cord locks. As a user wearing the wearable article moves, the resistance force is applied to the user's limbs. Strain gauges may be provided to measure the resistance force(s), which enables verification that the resilient members are sized and configured to provide an appropriate amount of resistance force to a user and may improve programs and regimens designed to treat such ailments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: James Walter Turner
  • Publication number: 20220298197
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new C-mannoside compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of human disease. Methods of inhibition of FimH activity in human subjects are also provided for the treatment diseases such as urinary tract infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Joseph BISHOP, James Walter JANETKA, Laurel Kathryn MCGRANE, Eugene Lee STEWART, Katherine Louisa WIDDOWSON
  • Patent number: 11432764
    Abstract: The systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles disclosed herein provide a new approach to treatment symptoms, such as proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders, which may be caused by certain types of human ailments. According to the present disclosure, a wearable article may include one or more limb sections and a resilient member may be provided along a length of each of the one or more limb sections and configured to generate a resistance force. Adjustments to the resistance force provided by the resilient member(s) may be adjusted using cord locks. As a user wearing the wearable article moves, the resistance force is applied to the user's limbs. Strain gauges may be provided to measure the resistance force(s), which enables verification that the resilient members are sized and configured to provide an appropriate amount of resistance force to a user and may improve programs and regimens designed to treat such ailments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: James Walter Turner
  • Patent number: 11406183
    Abstract: A stand for supporting a computing device is provided. The stand may support the computing device at a height such that a screen of the computing device is capable of being at or near eye-level of a user. The stand may include a frame member and a gripping mechanism attached to an end of the frame member. The gripping mechanism may secure the computing device to the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Roost Industries Corp.
    Inventors: James Dotson Olander, Zachary Earl Conrad, James Walter Moennich
  • Publication number: 20220242900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new O-biphenyl- and O-phenylheteroarylmannoside compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for use in the treatment of human disease. Methods of inhibition of FimH activity in human subjects are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as urinary tract infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Joseph BISHOP, James Walter JANETKA, Laurel Kathryn MCGRANE, Katherine Louisa WIDDOWSON
  • Publication number: 20220212733
    Abstract: A tracked climbing vehicle containing a compliant suspension apparatus to prescribe the distribution of forces on the adhering members in the tracked climbing machine. The compliant suspension apparatus is configured to negotiate irregularities in a climbing surface without the vehicle tracks losing full surface contact and adhesion by distributing the loads from the climbing machine chassis to the adhering traction members in a specific prescribed fashion. The apparatus thus avoids exceeding the allowable force in any adhering traction member and significantly improves the performance of the climbing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Lee Canfield, James Walter Beard
  • Patent number: 11371902
    Abstract: A pressure transmitter includes a housing and a pressure sensor having an electrical characteristic that varies with applied pressure. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of process fluid pressure. A transmitter isolation diaphragm is configured to couple to a process barrier seal to convey pressure to the pressure sensor. A flange is coupled to the transmitter isolation diaphragm. The flange includes at least one gas pathway extending inwardly from an outer diameter of the transmitter isolation diaphragm. Electronics are coupled to the pressure sensor to receive the sensor signal and to generate an output indicative of the pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan R. Pepin, Michael A. Knopf, James Walters, III, David A. Andrew, David Cutter
  • Publication number: 20220178386
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly comprising a motor, a mount for coupling to a structure and for suspending the motor, and a ceiling fan blade comprising only a blade body for coupling to the motor, wherein the ceiling fan blade is formed from a molded pulp comprising at least one of paper fibers, plant fibers, or wood fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Patent number: 11356333
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method, executable by a network device, that receives a set of commands specifying an ingress interface of the network device and a set of packet attributes. The method further generates a test packet based on the set of packet attributes. The method also injects the test packet into a hardware packet processing pipeline of the network device so that the test packet appears, from the perspective of the hardware packet processing pipeline, to be received at the ingress interface of the network device. The method further processes the test packet through the hardware packet processing pipeline of the network device. The method also captures the test packet before the test packet exits an egress interface of a plurality of egress interfaces of the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: James Chun Pang, James Walter Shephard
  • Patent number: 11313476
    Abstract: An irrigation valve comprises a housing including a chamber, a fluid inlet comprising a fluid inlet passage configured to fluidly communicate with a first conduit, wherein the fluid inlet is configured to communicate fluid from the first conduit to the chamber, a fluid outlet comprising a fluid outlet passage configured to fluidly communicate with a second conduit, wherein the fluid outlet is configured to communicate fluid from the chamber to the second conduit, a rigid substrate and a stretchable, compressible and/or flexible membrane on a surface of the rigid substrate, wherein the rigid substrate is configured to be positioned so that the membrane is located between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet when the valve is in a closed position, and wherein a fluid pressure within the chamber causes the membrane to seal a first orifice of the fluid outlet passage when the valve is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Colt Irrigation, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Hurst, James Walter Hurst
  • Patent number: 11286012
    Abstract: A tracked climbing vehicle containing a compliant suspension apparatus to prescribe the distribution of forces on the adhering members in the tracked climbing machine. The compliant suspension apparatus is configured to negotiate irregularities in a climbing-surface without the vehicle tracks losing full surface contact and adhesion by distributing the loads from the climbing machine chassis to the adhering traction members in a specific prescribed fashion. The apparatus thus avoids exceeding the allowable force in any adhering traction member and significantly improves the performance of the climbing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Tennessee Technological University
    Inventors: Stephen Lee Canfield, James Walter Beard
  • Publication number: 20220072198
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices coated with multiple atomic layers of amorphous titanium dioxide applied by atomic layer deposition have improved mammalian cell adhesion and inhibition of bacterial growth. Thickness of the coating can be used to tune resorption of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for treatments of cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Jay WEBSTER, Paria GHANNADIAN, Fan YANG, James Walter MOXLEY
  • Patent number: 11215198
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, Douglas Troy Mason, James Walter Longmire, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20210395287
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are C-mannoside compounds, compositions thereof and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of human disease. Methods of inhibition of FimH activity in a human subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as bacterial infection, Crohn's disease (CD) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Joseph BISHOP, Eugene L. STEWART, Katherine Louisa WIDDOWSON, James Walter JANETKA, Laurel Kathryn MCGRANE
  • Patent number: 11184483
    Abstract: Techniques are described for forecasting and dynamic routing of incoming routing service requests in a service environment that includes one or more call centers. Implementations apply a doubly stochastic modeling technique to modeling call volumes, call wait times, calling handling times, and/or other parameters in a service environment that includes one or more call centers that include multiple skill codes for the service representatives. By simultaneously modeling on different time scales, such as modeling both inter-day and intra-day correlations, implementations are able to provide an analysis that exploits more of the structure in the data compared to traditional techniques. Implementations can also integrate in other types of time series for other effects that may impact the call volume or other parameters in a service environment, such as exogenous and/or anomalous variables that are independent of other inter-day and/or intra-day trends exhibited in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Lambros Petropoulos, James Walter Wisnowski, Andrew Thomas Karl