Patents by Inventor John J. Elliott
John J. Elliott 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).
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Patent number: 11951620Abstract: An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: William J. Fosnight, John G. Lert, Jr., Michael Duquette, Martin R. Elliott, Julian Warhurst, Charles W. Su, Alan Grant
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Publication number: 20240092576Abstract: An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure. In one example, the compliant drive comprises a drive shaft having splines configured to provide rotational play that prevents jamming of a vertical drive gear on the end of the shaft with a rack in a vertical track.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: William J. Fosnight, John G. Lert, JR., Michael Duquette, Martin R. Elliott, Julian D. Warhurst, Charles W. Su, Alan J. Grant
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Patent number: 10965845Abstract: A flexible circuit assembly for an endoscope or borescope having an image sensor. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit with a first end, a second end, and a length between its first and second ends, the first end of the flexible circuit electrically connectable with the image sensor. A strengthening member is adjacent to the flexible circuit and along the length of the flexible circuit. An electrically insulated layer retains the strengthening member adjacent to the flexible circuit and encloses at least of portion of the strengthening member and the flexible circuit. The strengthening member may comprise a nitinol wire, and the nitinol wire may have a neutral position such that the nitinol wire returns to the neutral position after being articulated to a different position.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: KARL STORZ Endovision, Inc.Inventors: John J. Elliott, Jr., David J. Guerra, Dashiell A. Birnkrant, James P. Barry
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Publication number: 20190281196Abstract: A flexible circuit assembly for an endoscope or borescope having an image sensor. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit with a first end, a second end, and a length between its first and second ends, the first end of the flexible circuit electrically connectable with the image sensor. A strengthening member is adjacent to the flexible circuit and along the length of the flexible circuit. An electrically insulated layer retains the strengthening member adjacent to the flexible circuit and encloses at least of portion of the strengthening member and the flexible circuit. The strengthening member may comprise a nitinol wire, and the nitinol wire may have a neutral position such that the nitinol wire returns to the neutral position after being articulated to a different position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: John J. Elliott, JR., David J. Guerra, Dashiell A. Birnkrant, James P. Barry
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Publication number: 20160037027Abstract: A flexible circuit assembly for an endoscope or borescope having an image sensor. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit with a first end, a second end, and a length between its first and second ends, the first end of the flexible circuit electrically connectable with the image sensor. A strengthening member is adjacent to the flexible circuit and along the length of the flexible circuit. An electrically insulated layer retains the strengthening member adjacent to the flexible circuit and encloses at least of portion of the strengthening member and the flexible circuit. The strengthening member may comprise a nitinol wire, and the nitinol wire may have a neutral position such that the nitinol wire returns to the neutral position after being articulated to a different position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: John J. Elliott, JR., David J. Guerra, Dashiell A. Birnkrant, James P. Barry
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Publication number: 20130317300Abstract: A video intubation system that provides for multiple image streams to be simultaneously presented to a user on a touch screen display, the first image stream generated by a video laryngoscope and the second image stream generated by a video stylet. The video stylet is provided with a deflection section for ease of introducing an ETT into the trachea of a patient, the video stylet having a pistol-type grip and a control interface in the form of a trigger-type lever to facilitate comfortable griping and manipulation by the user. The first and second image streams may be saved and annotated by a user as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: George Berci, James P. Barry, John J. Elliott, JR.
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Patent number: 8496574Abstract: A selectively positionable camera assembly for use in connection with a guide tube assembly that has a guide tube handle portion and at least one guide tube protruding therefrom. In various embodiments, the camera includes an elongated flexible camera portion that is sized to operably extend through at least one of the guide tubes of the guide tube assembly. A camera handle is operably coupled to the elongated flexible camera portion such that the handle is movably supported by at least a portion of the guide tube handle portion. At least one retainer is provided on the guide tube handle and/or the camera handle for releasably retaining the camera handle in any one of a plurality of orientations relative to the portion of the guide tube handle.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignees: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Trusty, Gregory J. Bakos, James T. Spivey, Omar J. Vakharia, Dashiell A. Birnkrant, John J. Elliott, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110152612Abstract: A selectively positionable camera assembly for use in connection with a guide tube assembly that has a guide tube handle portion and at least one guide tube protruding therefrom. In various embodiments, the camera includes an elongated flexible camera portion that is sized to operably extend through at least one of the guide tubes of the guide tube assembly. A camera handle is operably coupled to the elongated flexible camera portion such that the handle is movably supported by at least a portion of the guide tube handle portion. At least one retainer is provided on the guide tube handle and/or the camera handle for releasably retaining the camera handle in any one of a plurality of orientations relative to the portion of the guide tube handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicants: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Trusty, Gregory J. Bakos, James T. Spivey, Omar J. Vakharia, Dashiell A. Birnkrant, John J. Elliott, JR.
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Patent number: 6287689Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile filament with a contact angle greater than or equal to 90 degrees and a tenacity of 2.0 g/den. Such filaments are either water-repellent or resistant to chemicals, and yarns made therefrom readily processible into fabrics. In a detailed embodiment, the filaments are water-repellent and comprise a first longitudinally-extending component comprising at least one polymer selected from nylon, polyester, polypropylene, or other filament-forming polymer, and a second longitudinally-extending component, comprising a halogenated polymer. In a second detailed embodiment, the filaments are chemical-resistant and comprise a first longitudinally-extending component comprising at least one fiber-forming polymer and a second longitudinally-extending component comprising an olefin copolymer. In both embodiments, the second longitudinally-extending component is present on the exterior of the first longitudinally-extending component.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventors: John J. Elliott, J. Gregory Hancock, David B. Horn, W. Keith Fisher