Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Smith

Jeffrey E. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075478
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing flexible material from rotating equipment includes a cutter assembly integrated into the rotating equipment. The cutter assembly includes a cutter shaft, a cutter blade coupled to the cutter shaft, and a movement mechanism configured to move the cutter assembly along an axis of the rotating equipment to cut accumulated material from the rotating equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Lacey, Blesson Isaac, Mark E. Small, Zachary P. Smith, Patrick N. Bonebright
  • Publication number: 20170089071
    Abstract: A gutter guard apparatus and method of making the same is disclosed. In some embodiments, the gutter guard apparatus is made from at least two different types of materials, thereby enabling, for example, lighter weight, non-conductive plastics that are best suited for coupling to an existing rooftop gutter system in a corrosion preventing manner to be employed while at the same time providing for a central portion spanning the gutter opening made from a more durable material (e.g., lightweight expanded metals). The gutter guard apparatus may be manufactured by a variety of means, including a desirable, low-cost, and highly effective co-extrusion process through which end portions are extruded from raw materials of different colors into desired configurations and simultaneously extruded onto and effectively integrated with the central portion formed from a different material, thereby creating a unitary gutter guard apparatus that desirably incorporates two or more materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Smith, James Buchanan Horton
  • Patent number: 9080328
    Abstract: A downspout drain collar for connecting a rain gutter downspout to a downspout attachment is provided. The collar includes a collar flange adapted to removably engage the downspout attachment. The collar includes a collar body having a top portion, a bottom portion, a transition portion connecting the top portion to the bottom portion, and an axis extending through an opening defined by the body. The collar includes at least one armature extending from the collar toward the axis when the downspout drain collar is not secured to the rain gutter downspout, with each armature configured to be moved to removably secure the downspout drain collar to the rain gutter downspout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 8715495
    Abstract: Included in this disclosure is a downspout drain filter for rain gutter downspouts. The downspout drain filer comprises elongated housing having an axis, a top portion, and a bottom portion. A transition portion connects the top portion to the bottom portion. The top portion includes an intake opening, a top portion perimeter, a debris opening, a filter attachment location, and a downspout attachment location. The downspout attachment location includes a flexible collar that defines a downspout attachment location perimeter that is less than the top portion perimeter. The bottom portion includes a flexible collapsible body that extends from the transition portion. A connection end is positioned opposite the transition portion as a part of the bottom portion. A filter is positioned in the top portion to direct debris out the debris opening and to permit liquid to pass to the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 8689837
    Abstract: A downspout extension has a low-profile to direct rainwater away from a building. A transition adapter can be used to transition from a generally circular or square cross-section of a downspout to a low-profile cross-section of a corrugated duct of the extension. The extension can include internal supports to withstand being stepped on and can have a generally rectangular or trapezoidal cross-section with a longer width than height. The corrugated duct can also be comprised of integrated accordion corrugation sections and transverse non-collapsible ribs to give the corrugated duct extension greater flexibility. The extension can be connected to a downspout using a flexible elbow duct, a downspout connector, and a downspout adapter. The transition adapter of the extension can also be connected directly to a downspout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 8475654
    Abstract: Included in this disclosure is a downspout drain filter for rain gutter downspouts. The downspout drain filer comprises elongated housing having an axis, a top portion, and a bottom portion. A transition portion connects the top portion to the bottom portion. The top portion includes an intake opening, a top portion perimeter, a debris opening, a filter attachment location, and a downspout attachment location. The downspout attachment location includes a flexible collar that defines a downspout attachment location perimeter that is less than the top portion perimeter. The bottom portion includes a flexible collapsible body that extends from the transition portion. A connection end is positioned opposite the transition portion as a part of the bottom portion. A filter is positioned in the top portion to direct debris out the debris opening and to permit liquid to pass to the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130091379
    Abstract: A system and method for high speed data recording includes a control computer and a disk pack unit. The disk pack is provided within a shell that provides handling and protection for the disk packs. The disk pack unit provides cooling of the disks and connection for power and disk signaling. A standard connection is provided between the control computer and the disk pack unit. The disk pack units are self sufficient and able to connect to any computer. Multiple disk packs are connected simultaneously to the system, so that one disk pack can be active while one or more disk packs are inactive. To control for power surges, the power to each disk pack is controlled programmatically for the group of disks in a disk pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: XCUBE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Mikael B. Taveniku, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120106428
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile broadband routable internet (MBRI) providing for carrier-grade, networked, broadband, IP-routable communication among a plurality of mobile devices, where the mobile devices may represent a plurality of nodes that are linked together through a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Mobile devices may operate as peers in a peer-to-peer network, with full IP routing capabilities enabled within each mobile device, thereby allowing routing of IP-based traffic, including deployment of applications, to the mobile device without need for infrastructure conventionally required for mobile ad hoc networks, such as cellular telephony infrastructure. Full IP-routing to mobile devices may allow seamless integration to the fixed Internet, such as through fixed or mobile access points, such as for backhaul purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: POWERWAVE COGNITION, INC.
    Inventors: Ludger Schlicht, Peter Atwal, Scott Y. Seidel, Gregory Clark Copeland, Victor M. T. Pataca, Rajesh K. Mishra, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 8060017
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile broadband routable internet (MBRI) providing for carrier-grade, networked, broadband, IP-routable communication among a plurality of mobile devices, where the mobile devices may represent a plurality of nodes that are linked together through a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Mobile devices may operate as peers in a peer-to-peer network, with full IP routing capabilities enabled within each mobile device, thereby allowing routing of IP-based traffic, including deployment of applications, to the mobile device without need for infrastructure conventionally required for mobile ad hoc networks, such as cellular telephony infrastructure. Full IP-routing to mobile devices may allow seamless integration to the fixed Internet, such as through fixed or mobile access points, such as for backhaul purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Powerwave Cognition, Inc.
    Inventors: Ludger Schlicht, Peter Atwal, Scott Y. Seidel, Gregory C. Copeland, Victor M. T. Pataca, Rajesh K. Mishra, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110164546
    Abstract: Enhancements are disclosed to improve communications within a wireless ad hoc network for mobile nodes. Mobile nodes may move at a speed where benefit may be seen from anticipating where the node will be in the future. Routing is described which estimates the location where the next communication will take place and packets are sent to one or more corresponding locations. Various other described techniques provide for enhanced wireless communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Mishra, Jeffrey E. Smith, Peter Atwal
  • Publication number: 20110164527
    Abstract: Enhancements are disclosed for wireless ad hoc networking including optimized wireless routing, multicast routing, quick network entry, use of contention domains and node weighting for improved time slot scheduling, and the like. Quality of service may be supported at each node and within scheduling algorithms across a group of nodes in order to provide a number of service levels to network users according to traffic type or the like. These and other enhancements may be used individually or in combination to improve operation of a wireless ad hoc network and support scalability, routing, traffic management, quality of service delivery, and other features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Mishra, Scott Y. Seidel, Jeffrey E. Smith, Gregory Clark Copeland
  • Patent number: 7729168
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for reduced signal level support for memory devices. In some embodiments, a host includes one or more additional electrical contacts to provide a controllable voltage reference to a memory device. The host may also include driver circuitry to provide a driver signal to the memory device. In some embodiments, the driver signal is substantially symmetrical around the controllable voltage reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Zumkehr, James E. Chandler, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20090252134
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile broadband routable internet (MBRI) providing for carrier-grade, networked, broadband, IP-routable communication among a plurality of mobile devices, where the mobile devices may represent a plurality of nodes that are linked together through a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Mobile devices may operate as peers in a peer-to-peer network, with full IP routing capabilities enabled within each mobile device, thereby allowing routing of IP-based traffic, including deployment of applications, to the mobile device without need for infrastructure conventionally required for mobile ad hoc networks, such as cellular telephony infrastructure. Full IP-routing to mobile devices may allow seamless integration to the fixed Internet, such as through fixed or mobile access points, such as for backhaul purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Ludger Schlicht, Peter Atwal, Scott Y. Seidel, Gregory Clark Copeland, Victor M. T. Pataca, Rajesh K. Mishra, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20090167368
    Abstract: A pre-driver is provided that includes a pre-boost circuit and a post-boost circuit. The post-boost circuit may include a pulse generator circuit to provide a feedback to be used to control an output of the pre-driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Hong H. CHAN, JEFFREY E. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20090003112
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for reduced signal level support for memory devices. In some embodiments, a host includes one or more additional electrical contacts to provide a controllable voltage reference to a memory device. The host may also include driver circuitry to provide a driver signal to the memory device. In some embodiments, the driver signal is substantially symmetrical around the controllable voltage reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: JOHN F. ZUMKEHR, James E. Chandler, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 7434358
    Abstract: A panel assembly for providing underdeck water drainage and for other applications such as wall panels and skirting for exposed areas under building. The panel assembly, for an underdeck water drainage system, includes a plurality of joist brackets that are mounted transversely to and under the joists of a deck, a plurality of drainage panels, a plurality of drainage panel brackets, and a plurality of joist bracket spacers. The drainage panels may be slidingly engaged or snapped into separate panel brackets or into panel bracket portions of adjacent drainage panels. When properly installed, the underdeck drainage system will protect an area of interest, such as a patio or storage area under a deck, from rain water and keep the area dry. Another application of the present invention is to provide a shield, skirt, or cover for an exposed area under a deck, a home, a mobile home, a wall, or other place of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Amerimax Diversified Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 7148725
    Abstract: A pre-driver 102 has a data signal input 110 to receive a data signal, a pair of voltage inputs 103,107 to receive supply voltages, and a data output 135 to provide an output voltage. A voltage clamp 130 is connected between a predetermined one of the voltage inputs 103, 107 and the data output 135 to clamp the output voltage with respect to the predetermined supply voltage. Other embodiments and methods are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hong H. Chan, Jeffrey E. Smith
  • Patent number: 7102200
    Abstract: An on-die termination resistor includes three transistors and a resistor. The resistor keeps at least one of the transistors from entering the saturation region and therefore improves the I-V characteristics of the termination resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yongping Fan, Jeffrey E Smith
  • Patent number: 7005903
    Abstract: An output buffer generates an output signal having a plurality of low-to-high (LH) and high-to-low (HL) signal transitions, with each of the signal transitions having a clock-to-output delay. A pre-driver having a first and a second stage generates a reshaped waveform to trigger the LH and HL signal transitions of the output signal, with the first stage generating an initial waveform and the second stage modifying the initial waveform to generate the reshaped waveform based at least in part on a feedback reflective of a difference in the clock-to-output delays of the LH and HL signal transitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hong H. Chan, Jeffrey E. Smith, Yongping Fan, Prantik K. Nag
  • Patent number: D666701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Smith