Patents by Inventor John A. Niemann

John A. Niemann 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: 20240099703
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media for an ultrasound probe configured to capture ultrasound images of an examination region. The system includes a first set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to estimate a first positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The system includes a second set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to capture electromagnetic force (EMF) measurements in the examination region to estimate a second positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The second positional information is used to calibrate the first set of one or more sensors. The system includes a controller configured to use at least one of (i) the first positional information, or (ii) the second positional information to generate a reconstruction of the examination region based on ultrasound images captured by the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Daniel Edward Rosenfeld, Ashley Quinn Swartz, John Paul Issa, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Ningrui Li, Phillip Yee, Ulrich Niemann, Qianyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 5775986
    Abstract: An apparatus for pulling a cooked meat product into individual strands. A preferred embodiment including a feed roller set that compresses a cooked meat product to initially start the separation process and controllably delivers the food product to a feed station. An auger in the feed station delivers the food product into a rotating drum. Longitudinal rakes are rotatably mounted in the drum and during rotation will engage and elevate the food product. As the food product is elevated the food product will be delivered into the rotational path of a rotating puller bar that is rotatively mounted and driven in the drum. The rotating bar will separate the food product into strands and propel the food product against the surface of the drum. The strands will sift through the rakes and progress toward the exit end of the drum with the remaining large pieces being elevated by the rakes to be delivered into the path of the puller bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Carruthers Equipment Co.
    Inventors: Ronald Law, Michael Maki, John Niemann
  • Patent number: 4030795
    Abstract: A locking device for male electrical plugs and which includes a body member with slots receptive of the contact making terminals of the electrical plug, first means in the body member projecting into the slots to engage and hold the body member to the contact terminals, and a second means insertable into the slots to hold the first means retracted and allow disassociation of the electrical plug from the body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Inventor: John A. Niemann