Patents by Inventor Karl Reid

Karl Reid 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).

  • Flexible pneumatic actuator
    Patent number: 9777752
    Abstract: A flexible pneumatic actuator assembly includes a front base, a rear base, a length of flexible tubing having a front end secured to the front base and a rear end secured to the rear base, a flexible piston rod extending through an aperture in the front base and into an internal volume of the length of flexible tubing, and a piston secured to the piston rod within the internal volume of the length of flexible tubing. The piston is configured to maintain an air tight seal against an inner wall of the tubing upon bending of the tubing in a region including the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTROMECHANICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ruben Medeiros, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Karl Reid Edminster
  • LINE CHARGE
    Publication number: 20170146325
    Abstract: A line charge includes a thin plastic tube that is deployed by a mechanical means. The thin plastic tube is filled with an explosive material after deployment to form a line charge suitable for route clearance or demolitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Karl Reid Edminster, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Adam Carl Robert
  • FLEXIBLE PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160177980
    Abstract: A flexible pneumatic actuator assembly includes a front base, a rear base, a length of flexible tubing having a front end secured to the front base and a rear end secured to the rear base, a flexible piston rod extending through an aperture in the front base and into an internal volume of the length of flexible tubing, and a piston secured to the piston rod within the internal volume of the length of flexible tubing. The piston is configured to maintain an air tight seal against an inner wall of the tubing upon bending of the tubing in a region including the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ruben Medeiros, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Karl Reid Edminster
  • SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SECURELY STORING DATA
    Publication number: 20140331062
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention pertain to the field of networked computing, and in particular to the field of data file security. Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for encrypting and decrypting data stored and shared on networked data file storage devices such that the data may be accessed and manipulated by multiple users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, and the other members of Board, of the College of the ...
    Inventors: Hitesh Tewari, Karl Reid, Desmond Ennis
  • Removable protective device for a submersible liquid transmitter
    Patent number: 7787330
    Abstract: A removable protective device for a submersible liquid level transmitter and method for using the same. The protective device includes a sensor cage assembly having a sensor component and a cage component. The cage component can include a bottom plate and a top plate coupled to the bottom plate through a plurality of spacers. The device includes a seat, located on a top surface of the top plate, and a securing mechanism capable of removably securing the sensor in the seat, and thus to the protective cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Karl Reid, Kyle Yost, Rick Lester
  • Valve
    Patent number: D332822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Ross Operating Valve Company
    Inventors: Kevin A. Reid, Karl Reid, Russell J. Cameron