Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Douglas
Jerry A. Douglas 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).
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Patent number: 11903899Abstract: A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: RLSmith Holdings LLCInventors: Richard Loy Smith, Jr., Mitchell Edmund Ziska, Jerry Douglas Leopold, James Alan Palma, Jr.
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Patent number: 11688947Abstract: Antenna systems have an RF connector, a PCB dipole antenna, and a radome. The RF connector provides a direct connection to the PCB and limits PIM. An omni-directional WiFi antenna has a pair of horizontal dipole antennas on a PCB having different wavelengths and same frequency. An omni-directional UMTS dual antenna has a vertical arrangement of two independent antennas on a PCB and has a jumper printed circuit board connecting the RF connector to the upper antenna. Corresponding connectors, radomes, and ways of combining antenna elements on a single PCB are also disclosed. A single frequency omnidirectional antenna includes both half and full wavelength dipole elements. A plus-shaped radome enhances the omnidirectional radiation pattern of the enclosed antenna. A jumper printed circuit board allows independent antennas on a single circuit board without the degradation of internal coaxial connections.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: RLSmith Holdings LLCInventors: Richard Loy Smith, Jr., Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Publication number: 20210119339Abstract: Antenna systems have an RF connector, a PCB dipole antenna, and a radome. The RF connector provides a direct connection to the PCB and limits PIM. An omni-directional WiFi antenna has a pair of horizontal dipole antennas on a PCB having different wavelengths and same frequency. An omni-directional UMTS dual antenna has a vertical arrangement of two independent antennas on a PCB and has a jumper printed circuit board connecting the RF connector to the upper antenna. Corresponding connectors, radomes, and ways of combining antenna elements on a single PCB are also disclosed. A single frequency omnidirectional antenna includes both half and full wavelength dipole elements. A plus-shaped radome enhances the omnidirectional radiation pattern of the enclosed antenna. A jumper printed circuit board allows independent antennas on a single circuit board without the degradation of internal coaxial connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Richard Loy Smith, JR., Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Publication number: 20210100718Abstract: A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Richard Loy Smith, JR., Mitchell Edmund Ziska, Jerry Douglas Leopold, James Alan Palma, JR.
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Patent number: 10806660Abstract: A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: RLSmith Holdings LLCInventors: Richard Loy Smith, Jr., Mitchell Edmund Ziska, Jerry Douglas Leopold, James Alan Palma, Jr.
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Patent number: 10682281Abstract: A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: RLSmith Holdings LLCInventors: Richard Loy Smith, Jr., Mitchell Edmund Ziska, Jerry Douglas Leopold, James Alan Palma, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200155410Abstract: A massage system includes a massage head configured to contact a treatment region of a patient during a massage treatment procedure, a body having a handle, a connector having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is releasable secured to the body and the second end is coupled to the massage head, a motor positioned within the body and configured to drive movement of the massage head relative to the body, and a platform configured to be placed against the patient during a massage treatment procedure. The platform defines an opening. The platform is positioned so that the massage head extends at least partially through the opening during movement of the massage head relative to the body, and the platform surrounds the massage head in at least one dimension during movement of the massage head relative to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Richard Loy Smith, JR., Mitchell Edmund Ziska, Jerry Douglas Leopold, James Alan Palma, JR.
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Patent number: 10287862Abstract: A containment apparatus for protecting a surrounding environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box is provided. In some embodiments, the containment apparatus utilizes a float switch to switch off a pump associated with the stuffing box when the level of a liquid in the vessel exceeds a predetermined level. The switch can communicate ultrasonically with a receiver that relays a message to a user. In some embodiments, the vessel comprises two half vessels that are lined by a metal frame along their mating edges.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Anti-Pollution Technology, L.P.Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, Jerry Douglas Leopold, William Joseph Bickel, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180363430Abstract: A containment apparatus for protecting a surrounding environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box is provided. In some embodiments, the containment apparatus utilizes a float switch to switch off a pump associated with the stuffing box when the level of a liquid in the vessel exceeds a predetermined level. The switch can communicate ultrasonically with a receiver that relays a message to a user. In some embodiments, the vessel comprises two half vessels that are lined by a metal frame along their mating edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, Jerry Douglas Leopold, William Joseph Bickel, JR.
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Patent number: 10094205Abstract: A containment apparatus for protecting a surrounding environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box is provided. In some embodiments, the containment apparatus utilizes a float switch to switch off a pump associated with the stuffing box when the level of a liquid in the vessel exceeds a predetermined level. The switch can communicate ultrasonically with a receiver that relays a message to a user. In some embodiments, the vessel comprises two half vessels that are lined by a metal frame along there mating edges.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Anti-Pollution Technology, L.P.Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, Jerry Douglas Leopold, William Joseph Bickel, Jr.
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Patent number: 9920586Abstract: An apparatus for containing leaks from a stuffing box on a wellhead production assembly, the apparatus comprises a containment vessel consisting of two half shells that are joined below the stuffing box. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a transparent lid having an upper opening to receive a polished rod extending from the stuffing box. The lid is secured to the containment vessel in a liquid tight manner such that the stuffing box is substantially isolated from the environment so that any leaks originating from the stuffing box will be contained in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Anti-Pollution Technology, L.P.Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Darrel G. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, William Joseph Bickel, Jr., Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Patent number: 9756869Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Patent number: 9680229Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
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Patent number: 9656364Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasives USA, Inc.Inventors: Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn
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Patent number: 9603376Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Patent number: 9474291Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Patent number: 9474290Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20160281478Abstract: A containment apparatus for protecting a surrounding environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box is provided. In some embodiments, the containment apparatus utilizes a float switch to switch off a pump associated with the stuffing box when the level of a liquid in the vessel exceeds a predetermined level. The switch can communicate ultrasonically with a receiver that relays a message to a user. In some embodiments, the vessel comprises two half vessels that are lined by a metal frame along there mating edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, Jerry Douglas Leopold, William Joseph Bickel
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Publication number: 20150089907Abstract: A centrifugal spark arrestor having a main body portion with a first end and a second end spaced from one another. The main body has an interior wall defining a flow path for the flow of air through the main body and a longitudinal axis. An inlet is positioned at the first end and extends generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The inlet is in operative communication with the flow path. An outlet is positioned at the second end; the outlet is in operative communication with the flow path. At least one baffle is positioned within the main body portion between the first and second ends, partially extending into the flow path. Air is pulled into the inlet and forced initially in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and against the interior wall. The air is forced through the main body portion to the outlet in a centrifugal flow path. The baffle is engaged by the air flowing through the main body portion with any particles entrained within the air impinging upon the baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: John Reid, Jerry Douglas, Mike Hattingh
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Publication number: 20150020369Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasive USA, Inc.Inventors: Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn