Patents by Inventor Joel Erickson

Joel Erickson 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: 8116842
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for online control and database collection and management of a computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control system. The system tests for nutrients by Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Fralick, Kathy L. Chapman, legal representative, David L. Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson
  • Patent number: 8117044
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control of nutritional supplements in an animal, including humans relies on Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Fralick, Kathy L. Chapman, legal representative, David L. Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson
  • Publication number: 20110319730
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for online control and database collection and management of a computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control system. The system tests for nutrients by Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nu Skin International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Fralick, David L. Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson, Kathy L. Chapman
  • Publication number: 20110320324
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control of nutritional supplements in an animal, including humans relies on Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nu Skin International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Fralick, David L. Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson, Kathy L. Chapman
  • Publication number: 20070004528
    Abstract: A method (500) for fitting a golf club to a golfer is disclosed herein. The method includes having a golfer hit a test golf club. If the test golf club is preferred, a final golf club is formed that matches the test golf club. Preferably, the final golf club matches the following parameters of the test golf club: volume, mass, mass location, inertial values, center of gravity location, club frequency, orientation, material composition and shape. In a preferred embodiment, a test golf club with an interchangeable shaft is utilized with the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, Matthew Cackett, Denver Holt, D. Evans, Daniel Stevens, James Wenck, Steven Ogg, Konrad Lenhof, Jerry Blanke, Joel Erickson
  • Publication number: 20060287125
    Abstract: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (44, 144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (46, 146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (44, 144) includes a tapered portion (60, 160) and a rotation prevention portion (62, 162). The sleeve (46, 146) has a frustoconical portion (72, 172) and a keyed portion (74, 174) that are respectively received in the tapered portion (60, 160) and the rotation prevention portion (62, 162) of the tube (44, 144). The golf club (20) further includes a mechanical fastener (48, 148) for removably securing the shaft (40) to the club head (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, Matthew Cackett, Denver Holt, D. Evans, Daniel Stevens, James Wenck, Steven Ogg, Konrad Lenhof, Jerry Blanke, Joel Erickson, Broadus Wall
  • Publication number: 20060105855
    Abstract: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (44, 144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (46, 146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (44, 144) includes a tapered portion (60, 160) and a rotation prevention portion (62, 162). The sleeve (46, 146) has a frustoconical portion (72, 172) and a keyed portion (74, 174) that are respectively received in the tapered portion (60, 160) and the rotation prevention portion (62, 162) of the tube (44, 144). The golf club (20) further includes a mechanical fastener (48, 148) for removably securing the shaft (40) to the club head (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF
    Inventors: Matthew Cackett, Alan Hocknell, Steven Ogg, Konrad Lenhof, Jerry Blanke, Joel Erickson
  • Publication number: 20050278184
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for online control and database collection and management of a computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control system. The system tests for nutrients by Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: John Fralick, David Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson
  • Publication number: 20050176522
    Abstract: A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft-body (61) is disclosed herein. The face component (60) has a striking plate portion (72) and a return portion (74). The aft-body (61) is composed of a crown portion (62), a sole portion (64) and optionally a ribbon section (90). The face component (60) is composed of a metal material, and the aft-body (61) is composed of a metal material selected from the group consisting of magnesium alloys, aluminum alloys, magnesium and aluminum. The striking plate portion (72) preferably has an aspect ratio less than 1.7. The striking plate portion (72) preferably has concentric regions of thickness with the thickness portion in the center (102). The club head (42) has a volume in the range of 290 cubic centimeters to 600 cubic centimeters, a weight in the range of 165 grams to 300 grams, and a striking plate portion (72) surface area in the range of 4.00 square inches to 7.50 square inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Joel Erickson, J. Galloway, Alan Hocknell
  • Publication number: 20050170906
    Abstract: A golf club head (20) having a body (22) with a front wall (30) with an opening (32) and a striking plate insert (40) is disclosed herein. The body (22) is preferably composed of a light weight material such as a magnesium alloy or an aluminum alloy. A ribbon (28) of the body (22) has a recess (52) therein for placement of a rear weighting member (50). The golf club head (20) preferably has a volume between 300 cubic centimeters and 500 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (20) preferably has a mass between 105 grams and 300 grams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Joel Erickson, D. Evans, Matthew Cackett, J. Galloway, Herbert Reyes, Alan Hocknell
  • Publication number: 20040254479
    Abstract: A process, apparatus, and method for computerized detection, tracking, and feedback control of nutritional supplements in an animal, including humans relies on Raman scattering effects on skin or other tissues to determine the content of carotenoids or other nutrients as evidenced in that skin. Serum levels of nutrients may vary dramatically with time, but skin tissues may average such nutrition over time. Skin and other tissues may be scanned with light to produce accurate measurements of carotenoids or other nutrients accumulated in the skin based on the Raman scattering affect of those nutrients in the skin. A score can be derived from a properly calibrated bio-photonic scanner to reflect an averaged effective uptake of the detected nutrient (e.g. such as the carotenoid example).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: John Fralick, David L. Breiter, Jack Peterson, Mindy Gilbert, Marvin Distel, Ryan Newman, Joel Erickson