Patents by Inventor John Fleming

John Fleming 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: 20250228345
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus for styling a tress of hair. The apparatus includes a barrel having a circumferential surface about which a tress of hair can be wrapped in use, a steam generator for generating steam and one or more steam outlets in fluid communication with the steam generator for receipt of steam therefrom. The one or more steam outlets are arranged to discharge steam onto a tress of hair when wrapped about the circumferential surface. The apparatus further includes an air mover for moving an airflow through the apparatus and one or more airflow outlets in fluid communication with the air mover for receipt of an airflow therefrom. The one or more airflow outlets are arranged to discharge air in a direction along the barrel so as to provide a barrier to the passage of the discharged steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Georgia Kate Berry HOWES, John Fleming MACFADYEN, Jacob Mark PARMENTER, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE
  • Publication number: 20250213017
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus comprising a body from which a plurality of spaced projections project. The projections are in the form of comb teeth or brush bristles for passing through a user's hair to style the hair. The apparatus further comprises a steam generator for generating steam and one or more steam outlets in fluid communication with the steam generator for receipt of steam therefrom. The one or more steam outlets are arranged to discharge steam onto hair through which the projections are passed in use. The apparatus further comprises an air mover for moving an airflow through the apparatus, and one or more airflow outlets in fluid communication with the air mover for receipt of an airflow therefrom. The one or more airflow outlets are arranged to discharge air at or proximate to the discharged steam so as to provide a barrier to the passage of the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Georgia Kate Berry HOWES, John Fleming MACFADYEN, Jacob Mark PARMENTER, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE
  • Publication number: 20250204665
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus for styling hair. The apparatus includes a steam generator for generating steam and one or more steam outlets in fluid communication with the steam generator for receipt of steam therefrom. The apparatus further includes an air mover for moving an airflow through the apparatus, and one or more airflow outlets in fluid communication with the air mover for receipt of an airflow therefrom. The apparatus further includes a flow diverter moveable between first and second positions. In the first position the flow diverter directs airflow to the one or more airflow outlets. In the second positions the flow diverter directs airflow to the one or more steam outlets, or to one or more further airflow outlets arranged to discharge air onto hair being styled by the apparatus in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Georgia Kate Berry HOWES, John Fleming MACFADYEN, Jacob Mark PARMENTER, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE
  • Publication number: 20240141941
    Abstract: A rivet system comprises (i) a screw comprising a threaded shaft, (ii) a rigid sleeve comprising a hole extending therethrough for receiving the threaded shaft, (iii) a deformable sleeve comprising a hole extending therethrough; and (iv) a rigid base comprising a threaded hole on a first end of the rigid base, where the first end is configured to insert and advance into the hole of the deformable sleeve to allow the threaded hole of the rigid base to threadedly engage with the threaded shaft of the screw, and where the rigid base comprises an annular channel configured to receive at least part of the deformable sleeve when the first end of the rigid base is inserted and advanced into the hole of the deformable sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David Alejandro Villegas, Juan Carlos Lopez, Daniel John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20210345842
    Abstract: A raised toilet seat includes a seat body that defines an oval opening. The seat body has a front portion and a back portion that encompass, respectively, opposing ends of a major axis of the oval opening. The seat body also has first and second side portions that encompass, respectively, opposing ends of a minor axis of the oval opening. The raised toilet seat further includes a fastening assembly integrated into the first side portion of the seat body. The fastening assembly includes a rotatable knob and a threaded member affixed to the rotatable knob. The threaded member extends inward from the rotatable knob toward the oval opening. The fastening assembly also includes a clamp in threaded communication with the threaded member. The clamp extends below an underside of the seat body, and rotating the rotatable knob adjusts a positioning of the clamp along the threaded member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Gaetano Savioli, Daniel John Fleming
  • Patent number: 10913010
    Abstract: In an improved method of distilling fluids, some or all of the fluid is recovered as distillate and the fluid is situated in the shell side of a first shell and tube heat exchanger. The fluid to be recovered as distillate is successively boiled, demisted, compressed and then introduced into upper ends of the tubes. A second shell and tube heat exchanger is located below the first heat exchanger, and distillate from upper ends of the tubes in the second heat exchanger are arranged to receive distillate liquid and/or vapor from the lower ends of tubes of the first heat exchanger. The fluid is located in the shell of the second heat exchanger and that fluid is heated but is not boiled. A mechanism is provided to supply at least some of the heated fluid to the shell of the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE QUEENSTOWN TRUST
    Inventor: John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20200297514
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular prosthetic socket with highly adjustable components for fit. The socket, in one embodiment, includes at least one paddle and at least one rod, wherein straps secure the socket to a residual limb. The at least one paddle and at least one rod are adjustable by way of a baseplate assembly, which allow for radial and circumferential adjustability of the attached components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: OpenGait
    Inventors: Dustin Ryan Prescott, Lindsay Katherine Sullivan, Aaron John Fleming
  • Patent number: 10512857
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods for depositing a compound into a void in a sandwich panel or other structure are configured to reduce the air pressure in and around the void as the compound flows into the void, thereby reducing the amount of air trapped between the compound and the sandwich panel skin (under the compound, within the void) during the repair. Additionally or alternatively, presently disclosed systems and methods for deaerating a compound are configured to remove trapped air from the compound prior to use of the compound (e.g., prior to depositing the compound within a void for repairing the void). In some examples, the same system is configured to both deaerate the compound and deposit the deaerated compound to the void, all while in a reduced air pressure environment inside a vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Michael John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20190291354
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods for depositing a compound into a void in a sandwich panel are configured to reduce the air pressure in and around the void as the compound flows into the void, thereby reducing the amount of air trapped between the compound and the sandwich panel skin within the void during the repair. Systems may include a dispenser for holding the compound, a vacuum canister, and a valve operable to allow the compound to flow from the dispenser, through at least a portion of the vacuum canister, and into the void. After the compound flows into the void, the system is configured to apply ambient air pressure to the compound and the void, before the compound is allowed to harden or cure. Some such systems are pre-filled with the compound, and/or configured to be disposable after a single use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael John Fleming, Thomas Wilton Arrington, Victoria Lorane Dy
  • Patent number: 10384399
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods for depositing a compound into a void in a sandwich panel are configured to reduce the air pressure in and around the void as the compound flows into the void, thereby reducing the amount of air trapped between the compound and the sandwich panel skin within the void during the repair. Systems may include a dispenser for holding the compound, a vacuum canister, and a valve operable to allow the compound to flow from the dispenser, through at least a portion of the vacuum canister, and into the void. After the compound flows into the void, the system is configured to apply ambient air pressure to the compound and the void, before the compound is allowed to harden or cure. Some such systems are pre-filled with the compound, and/or configured to be disposable after a single use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael John Fleming, Thomas Wilton Arrington, Victoria Lorane Dy
  • Patent number: 10364629
    Abstract: An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a first component and a second component. The first component is adapted to dissolve at a first rate, and the second component is adapted to contact the first component to perform a downhole operation and dissolve at a second rate that is different from the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregoire Jacob, Manuel P. Marya, Michael J. Bertoja, John Fleming
  • Patent number: 10316616
    Abstract: A dissolvable bridge plug configured with components for maintaining anchoring and structural integrity for high pressure applications. These components may substantially dissolve to allow for ease of plug removal following such applications. The plug may effectively provide isolation in a cased well for applications generating over about 8,000-10,000 psi. At the same time, by employment of a dissolve period for the noted components, such a plug may be drilled-out in less than about 30 minutes, even where disposed in a lateral leg of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Stafford, Billy Greeson, John Fleming, Manuel P. Marya
  • Patent number: 10160263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a non-spliced film innerliner comprised of a plurality of film layers where said film layers are of varied film moduli physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Byoung Jo Lee, Philip Alan Dunker, John Fleming Brainerd, II
  • Patent number: 9915116
    Abstract: An embodiment may take the form of a method usable with a well including pumping an untethered object into the well to land on a restriction downhole in the well and using the restriction to trigger release of an agent carried by the object into the well. Another embodiment may take the form of an apparatus usable with a well having a solid object adapted to be pumped into the well and an agent to be adapted to be released from the solid object in response to the solid object landing on a restriction in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregoire Jacob, Indranil Roy, Michael Dardis, John Fleming
  • Patent number: 9889703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having an alloy film innerliner with a rubber reinforced spliced overlapping ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Byoung Jo Lee, Philip Alan Dunker, Joshua Aaron Phillipson, John Fleming Brainerd, II
  • Publication number: 20170259492
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods for depositing a compound into a void in a sandwich panel are configured to reduce the air pressure in and around the void as the compound flows into the void, thereby reducing the amount of air trapped between the compound and the sandwich panel skin within the void during the repair. Systems may include a dispenser for holding the compound, a vacuum canister, and a valve operable to allow the compound to flow from the dispenser, through at least a portion of the vacuum canister, and into the void. After the compound flows into the void, the system is configured to apply ambient air pressure to the compound and the void, before the compound is allowed to harden or cure. Some such systems are pre-filled with the compound, and/or configured to be disposable after a single use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michael John Fleming, Thomas Wilton Arrington, Victoria Lorane Dy
  • Publication number: 20170259191
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods for depositing a compound into a void in a sandwich panel or other structure are configured to reduce the air pressure in and around the void as the compound flows into the void, thereby reducing the amount of air trapped between the compound and the sandwich panel skin (under the compound, within the void) during the repair. Additionally or alternatively, presently disclosed systems and methods for deaerating a compound are configured to remove trapped air from the compound prior to use of the compound (e.g., prior to depositing the compound within a void for repairing the void). In some examples, the same system is configured to both deaerate the compound and deposit the deaerated compound to the void, all while in a reduced air pressure environment inside a vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Michael John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20170197464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a non-spliced film innerliner comprised of a plurality of film layers where said film layers are of varied film moduli physical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Byoung Jo Lee, Philip Alan Dunker, John Fleming Brainerd, II
  • Patent number: 9610917
    Abstract: Disclosed is a restraint system for a vehicle. A crewmember or occupant is interconnected to the restraint system by way of a strap. The strap has two separate and independently operable release mechanisms. The strap permits the occupant to be either manually or automatically released from the associated restraint. The restraint can be mounted within any of a variety of land, sea, air, or space based vehicles. In one non-limiting embodiment, the first release mechanism is automatically activated in response to a triggering event and the second release mechanism is manually activated by the occupant pulling on a lanyard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Carleton Life Support Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20160303907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a multilayered film innerliner with rubber reinforced spliced overlapping ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Byoung Jo Lee, Philip Alan Dunker, John Fleming Brainerd, II