Patents by Inventor John Hendrickson

John Hendrickson 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: 9199677
    Abstract: A mobile tire changing tool assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a center post from which to support a wheel and tire, a tire demount bar, and a bead breaker tool attached to the center post. At the base of the center post is an elongated member adapted to be supported by one or more tool support assemblies or attached directly to a trailer hitch receiver. The supports include a T-shaped fitting that supports the elongated post in a vertical state from a trailer hitch, as well as an elongated, L-shaped support supporting the elongated member in a vertical state away from the rear of a vehicle. The tool support assemblies allow a user to mount and demount tires from wheel rims while traveling or in a remote location, wherein a vehicle hitch receiver is used as a support for the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: John Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 8942956
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for presenting a design of a fiber-optic network. In one aspect, a server receives from a client device a request for a diagram of the design. The server accesses a data-structure representing the design, generates a representation of a cable run, and transmits the representation to the client device for display. In another aspect, the server transmits to the client device an indication that the cable run is illegal and receives from the client device an indication of a user-specified cable run. Subsequently, the server modifies the data structure to replace the illegal cable run with the user-specified cable run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Robert Perry, Yo Eun Ko, John Hendrickson, James Fintan Kelly, Michael Skinner
  • Publication number: 20140353344
    Abstract: A mobile tire changing tool assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a center post from which to support a wheel and tire, a tire demount bar, and a bead breaker tool attached to the center post. At the base of the center post is an elongated member adapted to be supported by one or more tool support assemblies or attached directly to a trailer hitch receiver. The supports include a T-shaped fitting that supports the elongated post in a vertical state from a trailer hitch, as well as an elongated, L-shaped support supporting the elongated member in a vertical state away from the rear of a vehicle. The tool support assemblies allow a user to mount and demount tires from wheel rims while traveling or in a remote location, wherein a vehicle hitch receiver is used as a support for the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: John Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 8818031
    Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for determining the geographic location of an object, the method comprising retrieving at a vision system a plurality of images from a database, each image related to a respective vantage point, detecting, with the vision system, the object in at least two of the plurality of images, generating a vector in relation to the respective vantage point for each image in which the object was detected, and triangulating, based on the intersection of at least two vectors, the geographic location of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Fintan Kelly, Michael Skinner, Alexander Robert Perry, John Hendrickson, Matthew Wang
  • Patent number: 5868180
    Abstract: There is provided a low cost funnel for directing the flow of fluid concrete to the form for a concrete wall or a concrete block wall. The funnel can be unitary and of plastic. Further, the funnels can be nested with each other for ease of storage and cost of transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventor: John Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 5092215
    Abstract: Guitar bow having horse hair strands applied to a cylindrical surface for engagement with one string only of a flat string array, and having a holding portion to facilitate bowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventors: William Mello, John Hendrickson
  • Patent number: D363943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Inventor: John Hendrickson
  • Patent number: D370921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Inventor: John Hendrickson