Patents by Inventor John Ruess

John Ruess 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: 11084204
    Abstract: A screen protector laminate applicator is used with an installation machine to install a screen protector on a mobile device. The laminate applicator comprises a web secured to the installation machine; the screen protector carried by the web, and a backing layer covering the screen protector opposite the web. The web, the screen protector and the backing layer are removably coupled together as a laminate. A tab of the backing layer extends beyond the perimeter of the screen protector and comprises an enlarged head connected to the backing layer by a narrower neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Sorensen, John Ruess, Dan Oakeson, Cecily Sumsion Sabin, Manuel Carreon, Jordan Melville
  • Patent number: 10710294
    Abstract: A screen protector installation machine uses a screen protector laminate to apply a screen protector to a cell phone. The laminate comprise a web that carries the screen protector and a backing layer. The laminate is carried by a lid coupled to a base and closable over the base. An impression in the base receives the cell phone. A first slider is carried by the lid and comprises a spool rotatable with respect to the lid. A tab of the backing layer is coupled to the spool. As the slider slides over the cell phone, the spool rotates to wind the backing layer around the spool to expose the screen protector. The lid properly positions and orients the screen protector over the mobile device. The lid is automatically lowered onto the base, and the screen protector is automatically lowered onto the mobile device, by movement of the first slider after the backing layer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Sorensen, John Ruess, Dan Oakeson, Cecily Sabin, Manuel Carreon, Jordan Melville
  • Publication number: 20200198222
    Abstract: A screen protector laminate applicator is used with an installation machine to install a screen protector on a mobile device. The laminate applicator comprises a web secured to the installation machine; the screen protector carried by the web, and a backing layer covering the screen protector opposite the web. The web, the screen protector and the backing layer are removably coupled together as a laminate. A tab of the backing layer extends beyond the perimeter of the screen protector and comprises an enlarged head connected to the backing layer by a narrower neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle Sorensen, John Ruess, Dan Oakeson, Cecily Sumsion Sabin, Manuel Carreon, Jordan Melville
  • Publication number: 20200198223
    Abstract: A screen protector installation machine uses a screen protector laminate to apply a screen protector to a cell phone. The laminate comprise a web that carries the screen protector and a backing layer. The laminate is carried by a lid coupled to a base and closable over the base. An impression in the base receives the cell phone. A first slider is carried by the lid and comprises a spool rotatable with respect to the lid. A tab of the backing layer is coupled to the spool. As the slider slides over the cell phone, the spool rotates to wind the backing layer around the spool to expose the screen protector. The lid properly positions and orients the screen protector over the mobile device. The lid is automatically lowered onto the base, and the screen protector is automatically lowered onto the mobile device, by movement of the first slider after the backing layer is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle Sorensen, John Ruess, Dan Oakeson, Cecily Sabin, Manuel Carreon, Jordan Melville
  • Patent number: 8531811
    Abstract: A hybrid surge protection device (SPD) having a clamping voltage that is controlled by precisely limiting the overshoot voltage of a gas discharge tube (GDT) in a hybrid suppression network. The suppression network is conventionally connected between a protected line carrying current from a power source to a load and a return connection. The network includes a main surge suppression varistor (VR1) connected in series with the GDT. A clamping control circuit in parallel with the network includes a voltage limiting device (VR2) in parallel with the GDT for preventing voltage overshoot by the GDT above a limiting voltage responsive to an occurrence on the protected line of a surge combination wave. The clamping control circuit also includes a capacitor (C1) connected in parallel with the VR1 providing a bypass path for electrical current and voltage potential to the GDT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ruess, Gregory Hoepfner
  • Publication number: 20110299203
    Abstract: A hybrid surge protection device (SPD) having a clamping voltage that is controlled by precisely limiting the overshoot voltage of a gas discharge tube (GDT) in a hybrid suppression network. The suppression network is conventionally connected between a protected line carrying current from a power source to a load and a return connection. The network includes a main surge suppression varistor (VR1) connected in series with the GDT. A clamping control circuit in parallel with the network includes a voltage limiting device (VR2) in parallel with the GDT for preventing voltage overshoot by the GDT above a limiting voltage responsive to an occurrence on the protected line of a surge combination wave. The clamping control circuit also includes a capacitor (C1) connected in parallel with the VR1 providing a bypass path for electrical current and voltage potential to the GDT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ruess, Gregory Hoepfner