Patents by Inventor John Aaron Miller

John Aaron Miller 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: 11937736
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an oven body having an interior compartment and a door panel for accessing the interior compartment, wherein the interior compartment is sized to receive a food product; a removable heated tray positionable within the interior compartment, wherein the heated tray includes a top tray surface and a first heating source positioned below the top tray surface; and a second heating source positioned within the interior compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith, John Aaron Miller, Drew William Heidenreich
  • Patent number: 11932332
    Abstract: An example robot includes a first actuator and a second actuator connecting a first portion of a first member of the robot to a second member of the robot. Extension of the first actuator accompanied by retraction of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a first roll direction. Retraction of the first actuator accompanied by extension of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a second roll direction. A third actuator connects a second portion of the first member to the second member. Extension of the third actuator accompanied by retraction of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a first pitch direction. Retraction of the third actuator accompanied by extension of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a second pitch direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Everett Thorne, John Aaron Saunders, Marco da Silva, Thomas H. Miller, Alexander Douglas Perkins
  • Publication number: 20210274968
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including an oven body having an interior compartment and a door panel for accessing the interior compartment, wherein the interior compartment is sized to receive a food product; a removable heated tray positionable within the interior compartment, wherein the heated tray includes a top tray surface and a first heating source positioned below the top tray surface; and a second heating source positioned within the interior compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Alan Steiner, Jacob Daniel Smith, John Aaron Miller, Drew William Heidenreich
  • Patent number: 8641275
    Abstract: A dental x-ray sensor holder includes at least two clamping faces wherein at least one of the faces includes at least one and preferably a plurality of resiliently deformable gripping protrusions. The clamping faces are positioned in a moveable, spaced opposing relation, such that the faces may be physically moved together to physically impinge the x-ray sensor therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Jon Fenske, Gregory Falendysz, John Aaron Miller, Thomas Albert Sutrina, Cunjiang Cheng, Kimberly Clementz Brown
  • Publication number: 20110293073
    Abstract: A dental x-ray sensor holder includes at least two clamping faces wherein at least one of the faces includes at least one and preferably a plurality of resiliently deformable gripping protrusions. The clamping faces are positioned in a moveable, spaced opposing relation, such that the faces may be physically moved together to physically impinge the x-ray sensor therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: LAWRENCE JON FENSKE, Gregory Falendysz, John Aaron Miller, Thomas Albert Sutrina, Cunjiang Cheng, Kimberly Clementz Brown
  • Publication number: 20090141866
    Abstract: A dental x-ray sensor holder includes at least two clamping faces wherein at least one of the faces includes at least one and preferably a plurality of resiliently deformable gripping protrusions. The clamping faces are positioned in a moveable, spaced opposing relation, such that the faces may be physically moved together to physically impinge the x-ray sensor therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Lawrence Jon Fenske, Gregory Falendysz, John Aaron Miller, Thomas Albert Sutrina, Cunjiang Cheng, Kimberly Clementz Brown
  • Patent number: D843768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Gregory D. Roland
  • Patent number: D868524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Gregory D. Roland
  • Patent number: D911763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Darek J. Koszylko, Claudia Del Conte
  • Patent number: D932822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Darek J. Koszylko, Claudia Del Conte
  • Patent number: D969550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Peter Alan Steiner
  • Patent number: D980001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Miller, Peter Alan Steiner