Patents by Inventor Jonathan N. Cedar

Jonathan N. Cedar 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: 20230112335
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a portable lamp worn on the head and method of construction for the portable lamp. The construction method forms a composite structure that improves the comfort, reduces the volume, and better distributes the weight of the components of the lamp. The method of construction allows for a flexible material or set of flexible materials to be used to encapsulate the rigid parts of the headlamp. The flexible and rigid materials can be joined together in a heat press process that results in a single composite structure that has both attributes of the rigid material(s) and the flexible material(s) in different areas of the lamp. The battery can be located at the back or otherwise remote from the light to improve weight distribution and comfort for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Anton Olof Ljunggren, Andrew Laska, Jonathan N. Cedar, Melinda Abbruzzi, David Ryan Gist
  • Publication number: 20220404021
    Abstract: A combustion device includes a combustion chamber with an outer wall enclosing a combustion space that can contain a fuel source on an adjustable fuel rack, side walls, a lower air jet tube and at least one air upper jet tube, a top opening, a grill top assembly to cover the opening, and a detachable power module. The power module can have batteries and a blower. The blower can force ambient air into a manifold, through the jet tubes, through ports in the jet tubes, and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander H. Drummond, Jonathan N. Cedar, Timothy M. Connelly, Venkatesh R. Iyer, David Ryan Gist, Melinda Abbruzzi, Benjamin E. Zelnick, Steven Michael Grind
  • Patent number: 11473761
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a portable lamp worn on the head and method of construction for the portable lamp. The construction method forms a composite structure that improves the comfort, reduces the volume, and better distributes the weight of the components of the lamp. The method of construction allows for a flexible material or set of flexible materials to be used to encapsulate the rigid parts of the headlamp. The flexible and rigid materials can be joined together in a heat press process that results in a single composite structure that has both attributes of the rigid material(s) and the flexible material(s) in different areas of the lamp. The battery can be located at the back or otherwise remote from the light to improve weight distribution and comfort for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BioLite Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Olof Ljunggren, Andrew Laska, Jonathan N. Cedar, Melinda Abbruzzi, David Ryan Gist
  • Patent number: 11359816
    Abstract: A combustion device includes a combustion chamber with an outer wall enclosing a combustion space that can contain a fuel source on an adjustable fuel rack, side walls, a lower air jet tube and at least one air upper jet tube, a top opening, a grill top assembly to cover the opening, and a detachable power module. The power module can have batteries and a blower. The blower can force ambient air into a manifold, through the jet tubes, through ports in the jet tubes, and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Biolite, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander H. Drummond, Jonathan N. Cedar, Timothy M. Connelly, Venkatesh R. Iyer, David Ryan Gist, Melinda Abbruzzi, Benjamin E. Zelnick, Steven Michael Grind
  • Publication number: 20190390845
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a portable lamp worn on the head and method of construction for the portable lamp. The construction method forms a composite structure that improves the comfort, reduces the volume, and better distributes the weight of the components of the lamp. The method of construction allows for a flexible material or set of flexible materials to be used to encapsulate the rigid parts of the headlamp. The flexible and rigid materials can be joined together in a heat press process that results in a single composite structure that has both attributes of the rigid material(s) and the flexible material(s) in different areas of the lamp. The battery can be located at the back or otherwise remote from the light to improve weight distribution and comfort for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Anton Olof Ljunggren, Andrew Laska, Jonathan N. Cedar, Melinda Abbruzzi, David Ryan Gist
  • Patent number: 10342385
    Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids and provides a cooking surface that is a grill top. The combustion device has a combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output, based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BioLite LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Monte MacDiarmid, Olev Tammer, Timothy M. Connelly, Kurtis Schultz, Clay Burns
  • Publication number: 20180192822
    Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids and provides a cooking surface that is a grill top. The combustion device has a combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output, based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Monte MacDiarmid, Olev Tammer, Timothy M. Connelly, Kurtis Schultz, Clay Burns
  • Publication number: 20180195732
    Abstract: A combustion device includes a combustion chamber with an outer wall enclosing a combustion space that can contain a fuel source on an adjustable fuel rack, side walls, a lower air jet tube and at least one air upper jet tube, a top opening, a grill top assembly to cover the opening, and a detachable power module. The power module can have batteries and a blower. The blower can force ambient air into a manifold, through the jet tubes, through ports in the jet tubes, and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander H. Drummond, Jonathan N. Cedar, Timothy M. Connelly, Venkatesh R. Iyer, David Ryan Gist, Melinda Abbruzzi, Benjamin E. Zelnick, Steven Michael Grind
  • Patent number: 9844300
    Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids and provides a cooking surface that is a grill top. The combustion device has a combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output, based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BioLite LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Monte MacDiarmid, Olev Tammer, Timothy M. Connelly, Kurtis Shultz, Clay Burns
  • Publication number: 20150201805
    Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids and provides a cooking surface that is a grill top. The combustion device has a combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output, based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Monte MacDiarmid, Olev Tammer, Timothy M. Connelly, Kurtis Shultz, Clay Burns
  • Patent number: 8851062
    Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, reduces the kindling period, and provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids. The combustion device has a combustion chamber with a fuel source. A housing encloses the TEG on the side of the device that generates an electrical output based on a temperature differential between opposing TEG sides. A heat-conducting probe is mounted to the TEG and protrudes into the combustion chamber. The opposing TEG side contacts a heat sink that interacts with ambient air. A fan draws heated air away the heat sink, and forces the air onto the combusting fuel through a plurality of peripheral ports that connect with an air space located between inner and outer walls of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Biolite, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Clay Burns, Matthew Nowicki
  • Publication number: 20140178548
    Abstract: This invention provides a pot assembly for use with a stove. The system includes a lid, a pot body and an adapter assembly. The lid has a cap for accessing the contents while in use, a pour spout for dispensing the contents and a plurality of slits for use as a strainer. The pot body has folding handles that can form a triangular structure for control. The adapter assembly has an upper flame flange and a lower flame flange and baffles to directionally vector the stove's combustion gasses away from the assembly. The adapter assembly has a centering ring to engage the top of the stove and maintain stability during use. The pot assembly can be used as a storage container for the stove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: BioLite LLC
    Inventors: Alexander H. Drummond, Jonathan N. Cedar, Nisan H. Lerea, Clay Burns, Anton Olof Ljunggren
  • Publication number: 20090235535
    Abstract: A tool for releasably securing a blade is provided. The tool includes a housing, a blade retracting mechanism, a blade retaining portion, a blade opening and an actuator. The blade retracting mechanism is movable between a retracted position and a working position. The blade retaining portion is located on the blade retracting mechanism. The blade retaining portion has at least two blade retaining surfaces cooperating to releasably secure the blade to the blade retracting mechanism. The blade retaining surfaces are located a first distance from one another in a blade retaining position and located a second distance from one another in a blade releasing position, the second distance being greater than the first distance. The blade opening is defined by the housing for inserting and removing the blade from the blade retaining portion. The actuator is for manipulating the blade retaining mechanism between the retracted position and the working position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Circosta, Anthony Di Bitonto, Anton Ljunggren, Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond
  • Patent number: D773994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BioLite, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Nisan H. Lerea, Anton Olof Ljunggren, Whitney Goodwin, Monte MacDiarmid, Tracy Van Dyk
  • Patent number: D777667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BioLite LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Cedar, Alexander H. Drummond, Monte MacDiarmid, Olev Tammer, Timothy M. Connelly, Kurtis Shultz, Clay Burns
  • Patent number: D824559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Biolite LLC
    Inventors: Anton Olof Ljunggren, Timothy M. Connelly, Melinda Abbruzzi, Jonathan N. Cedar
  • Patent number: D826465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: BioLite LLC
    Inventors: Michael Knuepfel, Anton Olof Ljunggren, Jonathan N. Cedar
  • Patent number: D873983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BioLite Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander H. Drummond, Jonathan N. Cedar, Timothy M. Connelly, Melinda Abbruzzi