Patents by Inventor John Marks

John Marks 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).

  • Sectional control for air boom spreader
    Patent number: 11219203
    Abstract: A product distribution system for sectional control in an air boom spreader has a solid product metering assembly having: a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor for conveying the product from the container to the air system, the first and second endless conveyors substantially parallel to each other, the first conveyor driven independently of the second conveyor; and, a first shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft, the first shaft parallel to, separated from and driven independently of the second shaft, the second shaft parallel to and separated from the third shaft, the first shaft driving the first conveyor, the second shaft driving the third shaft to drive the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Bradley William Baker, Simon Goveia, Jesse Abram Dyck, Chad Derek Pasma, Adam Peter Lehman, Christopher Michael Poppe, Troy Michael Straatman
  • CONNECTOR FOR A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE
    Publication number: 20220006222
    Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing portion and a plurality of terminals. The housing portion has a retention section and a crimping section. The retention section has a plurality of terminal receiving passageways. The plurality of terminals each have a contact portion held in one of the plurality of terminal receiving passageways and a crimping portion exposed in the crimping section. A plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are each crimped in the crimping portion of one of the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
  • SECURITY SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220006781
    Abstract: A protection system, method, and a security device can protect an operational technology (OT) system having connected hardware equipment, including at least an interface that can receive a control communication and an industrial control device (ICD) for controlling at least one industrial device. They feature tasks/steps that receive control communication from the communication interface, determine whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command, and either pass or block the received control communication to the ICD depending on whether the received control communication contains an undesirable control command. The security device can be disposed between a source of communication in an OT network and the ICD for protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel D. PARK, John Mark BAGGETT, Edward C. SUHLER, Rick A. JONES, Gary W. HUBAND, Paul D. ROBERTSON, Austin C. SUHLER, Casey SILVER
  • Electrical Terminal For Flat Flexible Cables
    Publication number: 20220006215
    Abstract: A terminal for mating with an exposed conductor of a flat flexible cable comprises an electrical contact and a crimping portion extending from the electrical contact. The crimping portion includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The first sidewall includes a first section attached to the base and a second section attached to the first section on an end opposite the base. In a crimped state of the terminal, the first section of the first sidewall is folded into an opening of the terminal for crimping the conductor within the opening and against the protrusion, and the second section of the first sidewall is folded so as to overlap or oppose a side of the first section opposite the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
  • Electrical Terminal For Flat Flexible Cables
    Publication number: 20220006207
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and the first and second sidewalls define an opening configured to receive the conductor therein. The first sidewall includes a first section attached to the base and a second section attached to the first section on an end opposite the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
  • Electrical Terminal For Flat Flexible Cables
    Publication number: 20220006214
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one aperture formed therethrough, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and sidewalls define a conductor opening configured to receive the conductor therein. At least one of the first of second sidewalls includes a sidewall protrusion extending therefrom, wherein the sidewalls are foldable into the conductor opening for crimping the conductor therewithin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr.
  • Electrical Terminal For Flat Flexible Cables
    Publication number: 20220006213
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and sidewalls define an opening configured to receive the conductor therein, wherein the sidewalls are foldable into the opening for crimping the conductor within the opening and generally between the protrusion of the base and a portion of the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
  • INTERLOCKING PANEL STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20220000259
    Abstract: The panel frame structures and methods for making and using the same are disclosed herein. The panel frame structures can include a plurality of interlocking panels. Each of those interlocking panels can include a protrusion having a plurality of interlocking teeth. The interlocking teeth between each of the interlocking panels can be positioned between one another such that the interlock creating a rigid connection between the interlocking panels. Thus, the panel frame structure can incorporate interlocking panels having a number of protrusions in a variety of shapes to create numerous structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: John Mark Isaac Madison
  • SPRING CLIP AND CONNECTOR FOR A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE
    Publication number: 20210408709
    Abstract: A spring clip for a flat flexible cable includes a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam and resiliently deflectable toward the first beam. The second beam has a first contact bend extending toward the first beam. The flat flexible cable is positioned between the first beam and the second beam and the first contact bend abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable to electrically connect the spring clip with the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR., Ryan David Hetrick
  • CONNECTOR FOR A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE
    Publication number: 20210408712
    Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a spring clip disposed in the housing. The housing has a main body and a cover. The cover is movable with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed position. The spring clip is resiliently deflectable by the cover. The spring clip is in a first state with the cover in the open position in which the spring clip abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable with a first contact force. The spring clip is in a second state with the cover in the closed position in which the spring clip abuts the conductor with a second contact force greater than the first contact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR., Ryan David Hetrick
  • SEPARATION OF WAX AND FIBERS FROM PLANTS
    Publication number: 20210403828
    Abstract: The invention concerns plant wax extracts and a method for extracting wax from plants, such as agricultural biowaste and in particular from cereal straw, including a first dry mechanical treatment step to separate a wax enriched fraction from a straw fraction low in wax and a second wet step including enzymatic treatment of the wax enriched fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Per Vinther, John Mark Lawther
  • Connector For A Flat Flexible Cable
    Publication number: 20210408715
    Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable or flat printed cable includes a housing portion and a plurality of terminals. The housing portion includes a plurality of terminal receiving passageways each receiving a contact portion of one of the plurality of terminals. A plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are each clamped in a terminating portion of one of the plurality of terminals by a clamping force applied thereon by a cover selectively fixable with respect to the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, Forrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
  • Reinforced electrical terminal
    Patent number: 11211733
    Abstract: An electrical contact a mating portion for mating with a mating contact. The mating portion has a contact portion and a retention portion. The mating portion has a mating portion bottom wall, a mating portion top wall and mating portion side walls. A respective mating portion side wall has an upper portion which extends beyond the top wall. The retention portion has a retention portion top wall, a retention portion side wall and a retention portion back wall. The retention portion back wall is configured to approximate the space provided between the mating portion top wall, the upper portion of the respective mating portion side wall, the retention portion top wall and a retention portion side wall. The retention portion back wall prevents damage or deformation of the retention portion as a force applied to the retention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr., Ryan David Hetrick, John Mark Myer
  • REINFORCED ELECTRICAL TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20210399459
    Abstract: An electrical contact a mating portion for mating with a mating contact. The mating portion has a contact portion and a retention portion. The mating portion has a mating portion bottom wall, a mating portion top wall and mating portion side walls. A respective mating portion side wall has an upper portion which extends beyond the top wall. The retention portion has a retention portion top wall, a retention portion side wall and a retention portion back wall. The retention portion back wall is configured to approximate the space provided between the mating portion top wall, the upper portion of the respective mating portion side wall, the retention portion top wall and a retention portion side wall. The retention portion back wall prevents damage or deformation of the retention portion as a force applied to the retention portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan RAYBOLD, Forrest Irving KINSEY, JR., Ryan David HETRICK, John Mark MYER
  • SECTIONAL CONTROL FOR AIR BOOM SPREADER
    Publication number: 20210386052
    Abstract: A product distribution system for sectional control in an air boom spreader has a solid product metering assembly having: a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor for conveying the product from the container to the air system, the first and second endless conveyors substantially parallel to each other, the first conveyor driven independently of the second conveyor; and, a first shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft, the first shaft parallel to, separated from and driven independently of the second shaft, the second shaft parallel to and separated from the third shaft, the first shaft driving the first conveyor, the second shaft driving the third shaft to drive the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. GRAY, John Mark AVERINK, Bradley William BAKER, Simon GOVEIA, Jesse Abram DYCK, Chad Derek PASMA, Adam Peter LEHMAN, Christopher Michael POPPE, Troy Michael STRAATMAN
  • Spreader for particulate material with improved spread control
    Patent number: 11198149
    Abstract: An apparatus for spreading particulate material has a bin for holding particulate material, a rotatable disc for broadcasting the particulate material to a ground surface, a conveyor for conveying the particulate material in a particulate material path from the hopper to the rotatable disc, and a plurality of sluices situated in the particulate material path between the bin and the rotatable disc. Each sluice receives a portion of the particulate material and delivers the portion of particulate material to a radial and/or angular position on the rotatable disc. At least one of the sluices is independently moveable to adjust the radial and/or angular position on the rotatable disc to which the portion of particulate material from the at least one independently moveable sluice is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Salford Group Inc.
    Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Bradley William Baker, Jesse Abram Dyck, Joshua Scott Fields, Steven Ray Owenby
  • Conductive Interconnects Suitable for Utilization in Integrated Assemblies, and Methods of Forming Conductive Interconnects
    Publication number: 20210384422
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having an insulative mass over a conductive base structure. A conductive interconnect extends through the insulative mass to an upper surface of the conductive base structure. The conductive interconnect includes a conductive liner extending around an outer lateral periphery of the interconnect. The conductive liner includes nitrogen in combination with a first metal. A container-shaped conductive structure is laterally surrounded by the conductive liner. The container-shaped conductive structure includes a second metal. A conductive plug is within the container-shaped conductive structure. Some embodiments include methods of forming conductive interconnects within integrated assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan D. Greenlee, Tao D. Nguyen, John Mark Meldrim, Aaron K. Belsher
  • NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM TO ARRANGE POOLED TRANSPORT SERVICES
    Publication number: 20210364300
    Abstract: A network computer system operates to receive service requests from requesters. Based at least in part on a proximity between the current locations of a first and a second requester, the system can match the first service request and the second service request by (i) selecting pickup locations for the first and second requesters, (ii) transmitting rendezvous information to the computing devices of the first and second requesters, (iii) determining an estimated time interval for each of the first requester and the second requester to arrive at their pickup locations, and (iv) selecting a transport provider to service both the first transport request and the second transport request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Miraj Rahematpura, John Mark Nickels, Eoin O'Mahony, Danhua Guo, Vishnu Srinivasan Sundaresan, Lior Seeman, Meisam Vosoughpour
  • NETWORK SYSTEM FOR PRESELECTING A SERVICE PROVIDER BASED ON PREDICTIVE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20210364302
    Abstract: A computing system detects activation of a service application on a computing device of a user. Based on a set of service factors, the system determines that a likelihood of the user requesting service exceeds a confidence threshold. Before receiving a request for service from the computing device of the user, and upon determining that the likelihood of the user requesting service exceeds the confidence threshold, the system performs a selection process to select a service provider to provide service for the user. Subsequent to performing the selection process, the system receives, from the computing device of the user, the request for service, and transmits, to a provider device of the selected service provider, an invitation for providing service for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Mark Nickels, Eoin O'Mahony
  • Conductive structures, assemblies having vertically-stacked memory cells over conductive structures, and methods of forming conductive structures
    Patent number: 11177276
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a conductive structure of an integrated circuit. The conductive structure includes an upper primary portion, with the upper primary portion having a first conductive constituent configured as a container. The container has a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom. An interior region of the container is over the bottom and between the sidewalls. The upper primary portion includes a second conductive constituent configured as a mass filling the interior region of the container. The second conductive constituent is a different composition than the first conductive constituent. One or more conductive projections join to the upper primary portion and extend downwardly from the upper primary portion. Some embodiments include assemblies comprising memory cells over conductive structures. Some embodiments include methods of forming conductive structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy M. Lomeli, Tom George, Jordan D. Greenlee, Scott M. Pook, John Mark Meldrim