Patents by Inventor Jeff Allen

Jeff Allen 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: 10180013
    Abstract: Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Jeff Allen, Thomas Patrick Powell, Jared Porteous, Jared Cassity, Christian Parris
  • Publication number: 20180339255
    Abstract: An industrial air filtration system and associated filter element are provided. The system includes a filter cage which supports its associated filter element or elements. The filter element or elements seal directly against upper and lower plates of the filter cage. Further, the system includes a liquid collection region and a sump region in fluid communication with the liquid collection region. The aforementioned regions are arranged to drain away liquid which coalesces within the system during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: United Air Specialists, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg M. Gottlieb, Jeff Allen Canfield
  • Patent number: 10088844
    Abstract: A wearable computing device in a vehicle is identified by a computer in a vehicle. Collected data is received relating to autonomous operation of the vehicle. A message is sent to the wearable computing device based at least in part on the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Douglas Scott Rhode, Matt Y. Rupp, John Shutko, Roger Arnold Trombley, Hongtei Eric Tseng, Andrew Waldis
  • Publication number: 20180099239
    Abstract: A baghouse and filter assembly is provided for at least partially removing particulate matter from a gas stream. The filter assembly includes a first and second filter sections to be coupled together by a coupler for establishing fluid communication between the first and second filter sections when connected. The coupler includes a first coupling portion including an interior passage through which the gas stream can pass in an axial direction between the first and second filter sections and a hook projecting from the first coupling portion. The coupler includes a gasket that sealingly engages both the first and second coupling portions when the first coupling portion is connected with the second coupling portion to form a substantially gas-tight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventor: Jeff Allen Canfield
  • Publication number: 20180087290
    Abstract: Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jeff Allen, Thomas Patrick Powell, Jared Porteous, Jared Cassity, Christian Parris
  • Publication number: 20180086347
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adaptively assisting developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired drivers are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a user interface. The user interface is to present first navigation data in a first mode to assist a driver in guiding a vehicle from a current location to a destination location. The user interface is further to present second navigation data in a second mode to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the current location to the destination location. The second navigation data is adapted relative to the first navigation data based on driver assistance data associated with the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Damian Porcari, Deborah Frances Mielewski, Jeff Allen Greenberg
  • Patent number: 9856672
    Abstract: Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Jeff Allen, Thomas Patrick Powell, Jared Porteous, Jared Cassity, Christian Parris
  • Patent number: 9844944
    Abstract: A printing system includes a print bar, a plurality of printheads installed on the print bar and an auxiliary printhead moveable parallel to the print bar. A number of first nozzles of the auxiliary printhead substitute for a number of second nozzles of the printheads during a nozzle servicing operation performed on the second nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gianni Cessel, Jose Luis Valero Navazo, Jeff Allen Wagner
  • Patent number: 9755446
    Abstract: A mobile charging table and a method of use are configured for ease of mobility and ease of service. The table has a tabletop, a base, a battery powered charging hub, and a battery compartment. The tabletop may be connected to the base by a hinge arrangement permitting tabletop movement between its first and second positions. Movement of the tabletop to its second position exposes an opening of the battery compartment for servicing a battery that supplies power to the charging hub. In the flipped down position, the tabletop extends substantially horizontally to overlie the opening in the battery compartment and to allow user(s) to use the tabletop as a workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Palmer Hamilton, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Allen Schreiner, John Gregory Gardner, Tod Andrew Friske
  • Publication number: 20170073994
    Abstract: Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jeff Allen, Thomas Patrick Powell, Jared Porteous, Jared Cassity, Christian Parris
  • Patent number: 9547172
    Abstract: A heads up display system includes a computer that is programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle. The computer is further programmed to identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices, and to provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Remillard, Anthony Gerald King, Jeff Allen Greenberg
  • Publication number: 20160363094
    Abstract: A spark plug assembly is disclosed for use with an engine having a cylinder head at feast partially defining a combustion chamber. The spark plug assembly may have a spark plug at least partially disposed in the cylinder head and configured to generate a spark Inside the combustion chamber to ignite an air and fuel mixture. The spark plug assembly may also have an insert configured to receive the spark plug and at least partially form a cooling passage surrounding the spark plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Aaron C. LUFT, James CRESS, Jeff Allen Howard, Joshua Andrew HYDE, Parthipan SUBRAMANIAN
  • Patent number: 9517771
    Abstract: A vehicle operator is identified. Based at least in part on the operator's identity, one or more parameters are determined specifying a mode for autonomously operating the vehicle. The vehicle is autonomously operated at least in part according to the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Douglas Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Louis Tijerina, Eric Hongtei Tseng, Wilford Trent Yopp
  • Patent number: 9475496
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor configured to monitor at least one condition while operating in an autonomous mode. The vehicle further includes a processing device configured to identify at least one occupant, select a profile associated with the occupant, and autonomously operate at least one subsystem according to the selected profile and the at least condition monitored by the at least one autonomous driving sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Douglas Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Eric Hongtei Tseng
  • Publication number: 20160297204
    Abstract: A printing system includes a print bar, a plurality of printheads installed on the print bar and an auxiliary printhead moveable parallel to the print bar. A number of first nozzles of the auxiliary printhead substitute for a number of second nozzles of the printheads during a nozzle servicing operation performed on the second nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Gianni Cessel, Jose Luis Valero Navazo, Jeff Allen Wagner
  • Patent number: 9446768
    Abstract: Vehicle operating systems are autonomously operated. A transient in an upcoming path of the vehicle is determined from a comparison of vehicle path data and vehicle status data to a threshold of mechanism first operating system. Operational parameters for one of first and second operating systems are selected according to the comparison. The selected operational parameters are applied to the operation of the one of the first and second operating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Dale Scott Crombez, Jerome Charles Ivan, John P. Joyce, James Robert McBride, Wayne Williams, Paul Joseph Szuszman, Peter Worrel, Hai Yu, John Shutko, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Hongtei Eric Tseng, Douglas Scott Rhode
  • Patent number: 9406177
    Abstract: Data is collected during operation of a vehicle. A determination is made that a confidence assessment of at least one of the data indicates at least one fault condition. A first autonomous operation affected by the fault condition is discontinued, where a second autonomous operation that is unaffected by the fault condition is continued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Douglas Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Hongtei Eric Tseng
  • Patent number: 9347748
    Abstract: A mobile ballistic defense shield with enhanced protection for a user includes a base frame with swivel castors to contact a ground surface, a ballistic main plate with at least one shooting port and a viewing port, the ballistic main plate affixed to the base frame and oriented to enable the main plate to extend upward from the ground surface, a ballistic foot plate pivotably mounted to a bottom portion of the ballistic main plate, and a handle affixed to the ballistic foot plate and connected to a support assembly affixed to the base frame. The handle adjusts to a first position to enable the ballistic foot plate to contact the ground surface. The handle adjusts to a second position to enable the ballistic foot plate to pivot away from the ground surface, thereby permitting the base frame to travel along the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jeff Allen Crisp
  • Patent number: 9346400
    Abstract: Data may be collected relating to autonomous operation of a vehicle. A first confidence assessment concerning whether the vehicle should operate autonomously may then be generated, and it may be determined whether the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. An alert may be provided via a user interface in the vehicle relating to ending autonomous operation of the vehicle if the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Doug Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Hongtei Eric Tseng
  • Publication number: 20160103319
    Abstract: A heads up display system includes a computer that is programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle. The computer is further programmed to identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices, and to provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Remillard, Anthony Gerald King, Jeff Allen Greenberg