Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Smith

Jeffrey J. 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: 20250091443
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a vehicle body, a hydraulic system, a battery, and an electric power take-off system. The electric power take-off system includes an inverter electrically coupled to the battery, a motor electrically coupled to the inverter and configured to power the hydraulic system, a cooling circuit in thermal communication with the inverter, and a fluid pump configured to pump cooling fluid through the cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Jerrod Kappers, Vince Schad, Robert S. Messina, Christopher K. Yakes, Vincent Hoover, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, John Beck, Brendan Chan, Skylar A. Wachter, Nader Nasr, Chad K. Smith, Logan Gary, Derek A. Wente, Shawn Naglik, Mike J. Bolton, Jacob Wallin, Quincy Wittman, Christopher J. Rukas, Dylan Hess, Jason Rice, Zhenyi Wei, Bashar Amin, Catherine Linsmeier, Joshua D. Rocholl
  • Publication number: 20250095421
    Abstract: A system is configured to store a relationship data set of a plurality of diagnostic estimators and a plurality of failure modes, each failure mode represents a type of failure that can occur with a sensor or a vehicle component of a vehicle system, each diagnostic estimator is associated with a respective subset of the failure modes, each subset defines a control space within the vehicle system that contains at least one of (i) one or more sensors or (ii) one or more vehicle components. The system is configured to store a healthy diagnostic vector regarding nominal operational parameters of the vehicle system; acquire diagnostic information regarding current operational parameters of the vehicle system to generate an error diagnostic vector; apply the error diagnostic vector to the healthy diagnostic vector to generate a ratio diagnostic vector; and apply the ratio diagnostic vector to generate a value for each failure mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Diwakar Abraham, Marcela Schmalz de Bernardi, Avra Brahma, Timothy J. Greis, Michael Haas, Gregory H. Henderson, Adam W. Kidd, Lyle E. Kocher, Krithika Mohan, Daniel J. Smith, Christophe Tricaud, Ananth Vemuri, Easwar Yarrabikki
  • Publication number: 20250066118
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device, a body, a first electric power take-off system, and a second electric power take-off system. The energy storage device is supported by the chassis and is configured to provide electrical power to a prime mover. Activation of the prime mover selectively drives the refuse vehicle. The body is supported by the chassis. The first electric power take-off system is coupled to at least one of the body and the chassis, and includes a first motor that is configured to drive a first hydraulic pump to convert electrical power received from the energy storage device into hydraulic power. The second electric power take-off system is coupled to at least one of the body and the chassis, and includes a second motor that is configured to drive a second hydraulic pump to convert electrical power received from the energy storage device into hydraulic power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Jerrod Kappers, Vince Schad, Robert S. Messina, Christopher K. Yakes, Vincent Hoover, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, John Beck, Brendan Chan, Skylar A. Wachter, Nader Nasr, Chad K. Smith, Logan Gary, Derek A. Wente, Shawn Naglik, Mike J. Bolton, Jacob Wallin, Quincy Wittman, Christopher J. Rukas, Dylan Hess, Jason Rice, Zhenyi Wei, Bashar Amin, Catherine Linsmeier, Joshua D. Rocholl, Dale Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20250057516
    Abstract: A biopsy device may include a first jaw having a first distal tip configured to pierce tissue, and a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw between a closed configuration where the first jaw and the second jaw are axially aligned, and an open configuration where the first jaw and the second jaw are offset from one another, the second jaw having a second distal tip proximal to the first distal tip in the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. BENNING, Adam Charles BECHTOLD, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, Paul J. SMITH, Jeffrey V. BEAN, John B. GOLDEN, Barry WEITZNER
  • Patent number: 12218255
    Abstract: A vertical gallium nitride (GaN) PN diode uses epitaxial growth of a thick drift region with a very low carrier concentration and a carefully designed multi-zone junction termination extension to achieve high voltage blocking and high-power efficiency. An exemplary large area (1 mm2) diode had a forward pulsed current of 3.5 A, an 8.3 m?-cm2 specific on-resistance, and a 5.3 kV reverse breakdown. A smaller area diode (0.063 mm2) was capable of 6.4 kV breakdown with a specific on-resistance of 10.2 m?-cm2, when accounting for current spreading through the drift region at a 45° angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Yates, Brendan P. Gunning, Mary H. Crawford, Jeffrey Steinfeldt, Michael L. Smith, Vincent M. Abate, Jeramy R. Dickerson, Andrew M. Armstrong, Andrew Binder, Andrew A. Allerman, Robert J. Kaplar, Jack David Flicker, Gregory W. Pickrell
  • Patent number: 12214210
    Abstract: A leadless neurostimulation device having a header unit including at least one primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface of the leadless neurostimulation device, a housing including a secondary electrode positioned on the same side of the leadless neurostimulation device as the at least one primary electrode, and a anchor device including at least one suture point for securing the leadless neurostimulation device to patient tissue or at least one protrusion nub configured to create mechanical resistance that impedes relative movement between wherein the leadless neurostimulation device and the patient tissue when implanted, where the at least one primary electrode and the secondary electrode are configured to transmit an electrical stimulation signal therebetween to provide electrical stimulation therapy to a target nerve of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Deininger, Jerel K. Mueller, Todd V. Smith, Jeffrey Clayton, Thomas M. Hillebrand, Phillip C. Falkner, Jenna N. George, Sarah J. Offutt
  • Publication number: 20250024895
    Abstract: A method for automated manufacturing of e-vapor devices may include establishing a procession of partially assembled, oriented cartridge units of the e-vapor devices in an assembly path. The method may additionally include preparing the cartridge units for filling while the cartridge units are moving on a first drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method may also include adding liquid to the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a filling workstation of the assembly path. The method may also include preparing the cartridge units for sealing while the cartridge units are moving on a second drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method further includes sealing the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a sealing workstation of the assembly path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. CADIEUX, Martin GARTHAFFNER, Travis GARTHAFFNER, Christopher R. NEWCOMB, Barry S. SMITH, Jeffrey A. SWEPSTON
  • Publication number: 20250022360
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for notifying a user of an emergency event are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include an alerting device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive event data from a remote computing device, where the event data is associated with an emergency event, and cause an alarm to be output to notify a user of an occurrence of the emergency event based on the received event data, where the alarm is output to a space in which the alerting device is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Pristelski, Eric G. Dickinson, Andrew L. Macfarlane, Paul J. Jacobs, Todd J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20250018666
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing photoabsorbing contact lenses and photoabsorbing contact lenses produced thereby. The method comprises: (a) providing a mold assembly comprised of a base curve and a front curve, the base curve and the front curve defining and enclosing a cavity therebetween, the cavity containing a reactive mixture, wherein the reactive mixture comprises at least one polymerizable monomer, a photoinitiator which absorbs at an activating wavelength, and a photoabsorbing compound which displays absorption at the activating wavelength; and (b) curing the reactive mixture to form the photoabsorbing contact lens by exposing the reactive mixture to radiation that includes the activating wavelength, wherein the radiation is directed at both the base curve and the front curve of the mold assembly, and wherein the radiation's radiant energy at the base curve is greater than the radiation's radiant energy at the front curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Aitken, Jeffrey D. Caltrider, Leilani K. Sonoda, Robert MacDonald Smith, Donnie J. Duis
  • Publication number: 20240215876
    Abstract: Implementations relate generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. Implementations may provide reduced sizes for wearable devices including a transcutaneous analyte sensor for analyte measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: John Charles Barry, Elshad Abdullayev, Eunsook Chae Barber, Patrick J. Castagna, John Durham, Craig Thomas Gadd, Carl E. Hoffmeier, Nicholas Kalfas, Mark Kempkey, Young Woo Lee, Nicolas Medjo, Carl Pettersen, Will Reyna, Morgan Alexander Robinson, Samuel Rogers, Jeffrey J. Smith, Terry Thom, Shanger Wang, James Woodward
  • Publication number: 20230210409
    Abstract: Implementations relate generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. Implementations may provide reduced sizes for wearable devices including a transcutaneous analyte sensor for analyte measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: John Charles Barry, Elshad Abdullayev, Eunsook Chae Barber, Patrick J. Castagna, John Durham, Craig Thomas Gadd, Carl E. Hoffmeier, Nicholas Kalfas, Mark Kempkey, Young Woo Lee, Nicolas Medjo, Carl Pettersen, Will Reyna, Morgan Alexander Robinson, Samuel Rogers, Jeffrey J. Smith, Terry Thom, Shanger Wang, James Woodward
  • Publication number: 20230210410
    Abstract: Implementations relate generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. Implementations may provide reduced sizes for wearable devices including a transcutaneous analyte sensor for analyte measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: John Charles Barry, Elshad Abdullayev, Eunsook Chae Barber, Patrick J. Castagna, John Durham, Craig Thomas Gadd, Cari E. Hoffmeier, Nicholas Kalfas, Mark Kempkey, Young Woo Lee, Nicolas Medjo, Carl Pettersen, Will Reyna, Morgan Alexander Robinson, Samuel Rogers, Jeffrey J. Smith, Terry Thom, Shanger Wang, James Woodward
  • Publication number: 20230210418
    Abstract: Implementations relate generally to devices for measuring an analyte in a host. Implementations may provide reduced sizes for wearable devices including a transcutaneous analyte sensor for analyte measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: John Charles Barry, Elshad Abdullayev, Eunsook Chae Barber, Patrick J. Castagna, John Durham, Craig Thomas Gadd, Carl E. Hoffmeier, Nicholas Kalfas, Mark Kempkey, Young Woo Lee, Nicolas Medjo, Carl Pettersen, Will Reyna, Morgan Alexander Robinson, Samuel Rogers, Jeffrey J. Smith, Terry Thom, Shanger Wang, James Woodward
  • Publication number: 20220265093
    Abstract: A portable roasting tool is configured to hold a quantity of sausages or other food items over a campfire or similar fire. The tool has a hollow tubular main handle with an extendible rod that slides out from it and has a meat holder, at its distal end. A swing-down articulated support leg pivots so it can clamp to the handle for travel or storage, and open down to ground to support the tool at its middle. A rotary bearing at allows the main handle and fork to be turned by hand to rotate the meat holder. The tool can be angled up or down to position the meat relative to the campfire or coals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Smith
  • Patent number: 10339511
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting a security level of a transaction system based on biometric characteristics of a customer are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes interacting with a customer at a transaction terminal. The method also includes determining a biometric characteristic of the customer based on the interaction with the customer. Further, the method may include adjusting a security level of a transaction system based on the biometric characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Bilal Aziz, Dean F. Herring, Brad M. Johnson, Jeffrey J. Smith
  • Patent number: 10235705
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper; and providing, by the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20180174216
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper; and providing, by the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: JEFFREY J. SMITH
  • Patent number: 9945893
    Abstract: A programmable logic circuit assigns a value to an outlet of a power distribution unit (PDU) that comprises a power source at an input of the PDU and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) associated with the outlet. The programmable logic circuit sends the value to a program on a hardware device that comprises one or more power supplies. The programmable logic circuit receives information from the program. Subsequently, an illumination state of the LED is modified based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Hilburn, Jeffrey J. Smith, Marshall S. Stanley, David T. Windell
  • Patent number: 9904947
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper; and providing, by the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Smith
  • Patent number: D896422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Hine, Jeffrey J. Smith