Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Dodd

Kenneth A. Dodd 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: 12090264
    Abstract: Some arrangements disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for treating a wound, comprising applying negative pressure to the wound through a cover applied over a wound, monitoring the internal pressure in the wound, and controlling the closure of the wound by controlling the amount that a wound packing material positioned under the cover collapses within the wound based on the monitored internal pressure. The wound packing material collapse can be controlled to ensure that the monitored internal pressure does not exceed a threshold value. Additionally, some embodiments or arrangements disclosed herein relate to a visualization element to visualize a location of a wound surface. The visualization element can comprise a radiopaque member that is configured to be positioned on or adjacent to a surface of an open wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: James Roderick Dodd, Victoria Jody Hammond, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, John Kenneth Hicks, Elizabeth Mary Huddleston, Carl Saxby
  • Patent number: 11846332
    Abstract: A spring applied, hydraulically released brake includes a housing having an open end adapted to align with a vehicle surface and an internal ring extending from an inner perimeter of the housing; a piston; a disc stack including a thicker stationary disc including a tab with a hole therethrough, the hole receiving a slotted spring pin, the slotted spring pin slidably receiving a pin spring over a portion thereof; and a spring assembly adapted to urge the piston into contact with the thicker stationary disc to establish a default position of the brake; where, in a released position of the brake, the piston is not in contact with the thicker stationary disc, and the pin spring urges the thicker stationary disc into contact with the internal ring of the housing to thereby prevent the thicker stationary disc from free floating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ausco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Dennis, Howard H. Baldeosingh, Peter J. Pozivilko, Kenneth A. Dodd, Nancy L Leonard
  • Publication number: 20230279911
    Abstract: A spring applied, hydraulically released brake includes a housing having an open end adapted to align with a vehicle surface and an internal ring extending from an inner perimeter of the housing; a piston; a disc stack including a thicker stationary disc including a tab with a hole therethrough, the hole receiving a slotted spring pin, the slotted spring pin slidably receiving a pin spring over a portion thereof; and a spring assembly adapted to urge the piston into contact with the thicker stationary disc to establish a default position of the brake; where, in a released position of the brake, the piston is not in contact with the thicker stationary disc, and the pin spring urges the thicker stationary disc into contact with the internal ring of the housing to thereby prevent the thicker stationary disc from free floating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Brian P. Dennis, Howard H. Baldeosingh, Peter J. Pozivilko, Kenneth A. Dodd, Nancy L. Leonard
  • Patent number: 11726909
    Abstract: A memory controller maintains a mapping of target ranges in system memory space interleaved two-ways across locations in a three-rank environment. For each range of the target ranges, the mapping comprises a two-way interleaving of the range across two ranks of the three-rank environment and offsets from base locations in the two ranks. At least one of the ranges has offsets that differ relative to each other. Such offsets allow the three ranks to be fully interleaved, two ways. An instruction to read data at a rank-agnostic location in the diverse-offset range causes the memory controller to map the rank-agnostic location to two interleaved locations offset different amounts from their respective base locations in their ranks. The controller may then affect the transfer of the data at the two interleaved locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Kenneth Dodds, Monish Shantilal Shah
  • Publication number: 20220350737
    Abstract: A memory controller maintains a mapping of target ranges in system memory space interleaved two-ways across locations in a three-rank environment. For each range of the target ranges, the mapping comprises a two-way interleaving of the range across two ranks of the three-rank environment and offsets from base locations in the two ranks. At least one of the ranges has offsets that differ relative to each other. Such offsets allow the three ranks to be fully interleaved, two ways. An instruction to read data at a rank-agnostic location in the diverse-offset range causes the memory controller to map the rank-agnostic location to two interleaved locations offset different amounts from their respective base locations in their ranks. The controller may then affect the transfer of the data at the two interleaved locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Kenneth DODDS, Monish Shantilal SHAH
  • Publication number: 20220313319
    Abstract: An anchoring device (40) for anchoring one or more sub-laminar bands or tapes (60a, 60b) to a pedicle screw (30), the device (40) comprising: a first portion (41) configured for attachment to at least a base portion (32 L) of a head portion (32) of the pedicle screw (32); and at least one second portion (46a, 46b) for anchoring thereto a or a respective sub-laminar band or tape (60a, 60b); wherein the first portion (41) includes first interengagement means (42Na, 42 Nb) for interengagement with corresponding notches or recesses (32Na, 32 Nb) in the head portion (32) of the pedicle screw (32) to effect the said attachment of the first portion (41) of the anchoring device (40) thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Kenneth Dodds
  • Patent number: 11429523
    Abstract: A memory controller maintains a mapping of target ranges in system memory space interleaved two-ways across locations in a three-rank environment. For each range of the target ranges, the mapping comprises a two-way interleaving of the range across two ranks of the three-rank environment and offsets from base locations in the two ranks. At least one of the ranges has offsets that differ relative to each other. Such offsets allow the three ranks to be fully interleaved, two ways. An instruction to read data at a rank-agnostic location in the diverse-offset range causes the memory controller to map the rank-agnostic location to two interleaved locations offset different amounts from their respective base locations in their ranks. The controller may then affect the transfer of the data at the two interleaved locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Kenneth Dodds, Monish Shantilal Shah
  • Publication number: 20220113868
    Abstract: A computing apparatus in an implementation comprises a memory device and a controller. The memory device comprises banks of cells arranged in rows and columns and is configured to maintain a row-level activation count on a per-row basis. The controller is operatively coupled with the memory device and is configured to maintain a bank-level activation count on a per-bank basis. The controller initiates a refresh operation for at least a given row in the memory device when at least both the bank-level activation count for a given bank satisfies a bank-level condition, and the row-level activation count for the given row satisfies a row-level condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Tim COWLES, Terry M. GRUNZKE, Brett Kenneth DODDS, Todd Alan MERRITT, Gary Lee VAN ACKERN
  • Patent number: 11293503
    Abstract: A spring applied hydraulic released brake includes a brake housing including a pair of stator assemblies, a pair of piston-spring assemblies, each of the piston-spring assemblies including a piston assembly, a spring assembly adapted to apply spring force to the piston assembly to thereby engage the piston assembly with a first stator assembly of the pair of stator assemblies in a default position of the brake, and an end cap adjuster providing an opposing surface against which the spring assembly is biased, the end cap adjuster including a body portion having an end cap threading therearound generally corresponding with a housing threading within the brake housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ausco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman D. Crawford, Jeromy A. Hoar, Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd, LynRoy T. Palmer-Coleman
  • Publication number: 20210357321
    Abstract: A memory controller maintains a mapping of target ranges in system memory space interleaved two-ways across locations in a three-rank environment. For each range of the target ranges, the mapping comprises a two-way interleaving of the range across two ranks of the three-rank environment and offsets from base locations in the two ranks. At least one of the ranges has offsets that differ relative to each other. Such offsets allow the three ranks to be fully interleaved, two ways. An instruction to read data at a rank-agnostic location in the diverse-offset range causes the memory controller to map the rank-agnostic location to two interleaved locations offset different amounts from their respective base locations in their ranks. The controller may then affect the transfer of the data at the two interleaved locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Kenneth Dodds, Monish Shantilal Shah
  • Patent number: 11156256
    Abstract: A hydraulic caliper assembly includes a caliper brake housing including two opposing pairs of two piston assemblies, each of the pairs of two piston assemblies adapted to place a respective stator assembly of a pair of stator assemblies in a braking position, where the caliper brake housing is a unitary, cast component having an internal fluid porting system fluidly coupling each of the piston assemblies with a source of hydraulic fluid, and where each of the piston assemblies have a common configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ausco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Leonard, Brian P. Dennis, Norman D. Crawford, Kenneth A. Dodd
  • Patent number: 11149807
    Abstract: A hydraulic caliper disc brake includes an opposing pair of pistons adapted to act on an opposing pair of washers adapted to act on an opposing pair of stator assemblies, each of the pistons comprising a spherical piston face, each of the washers comprising a spherical washer face abutting a respective one of the spherical piston faces, and a straight washer face opposite the spherical washer face and abutting a respective one of the stator assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ausco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Haines, Keith R. McAllister, Kenneth A. Dodd, Brian P. Dennis, Norman D. Crawford, Peter J. Pozivilko
  • Publication number: 20200378456
    Abstract: A hydraulic caliper disc brake includes an opposing pair of pistons adapted to act on an opposing pair of washers adapted to act on an opposing pair of stator assemblies, each of the pistons comprising a spherical piston face, each of the washers comprising a spherical washer face abutting a respective one of the spherical piston faces, and a straight washer face opposite the spherical washer face and abutting a respective one of the stator assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: JAMES W. HAINES, KEITH R. McALLISTER, KENNETH A. DODD, BRIAN P. DENNIS, NORMAN D. CRAWFORD, PETER J. POZIVILKO
  • Patent number: 10760631
    Abstract: A caliper brake (10) includes a housing (12) formed of a first housing portion (16) and a second housing portion (18). Each of the first housing portion and second housing portion include a channel (104) extending therethrough. The channels (104) include pins (102) for receiving one or more shims (94) thereon. Brake (10) includes a first stator assembly (60) and a second stator assembly (64) that are separated by a first distance when no shims (94) are on the pins (102). The first stator assembly (60) and the second stator assembly (64) are separated by a second distance less than the first distance when one or more shims (94) are on the pins (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AUSCO PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd, Keith McAllister, James Haines
  • Publication number: 20200080606
    Abstract: A stator pad assembly includes a backing plate including a plate slot extending to a plate slot end, the backing plate carrying a stator lining including a lining slot extending to a lining slot end, the lining slot being generally positioned with a portion of the plate slot such that the plate slot end and the lining slot end are of similar position, and the plate slot defining a tool-engaging surface adapted to receive a tool to thereby cause the stator pad assembly to travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: NANCY L. LEONARD, Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd
  • Publication number: 20200080602
    Abstract: A spring applied hydraulic released brake includes a brake housing including a pair of stator assemblies, a pair of piston-spring assemblies, each of the piston-spring assemblies including a piston assembly, a spring assembly adapted to apply spring force to the piston assembly to thereby engage the piston assembly with a first stator assembly of the pair of stator assemblies in a default position of the brake, and an end cap adjuster providing an opposing surface against which the spring assembly is biased, the end cap adjuster including a body portion having an end cap threading therearound generally corresponding with a housing threading within the brake housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: NORMAN D. CRAWFORD, Jeromy A. Hoar, Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd, LynRoy T. Palmer-Coleman
  • Publication number: 20200080603
    Abstract: A hydraulic caliper assembly includes a caliper brake housing including two opposing pairs of two piston assemblies, each of the pairs of two piston assemblies adapted to place a respective stator assembly of a pair of stator assemblies in a braking position, where the caliper brake housing is a unitary, cast component having an internal fluid porting system fluidly coupling each of the piston assemblies with a source of hydraulic fluid, and where each of the piston assemblies have a common configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nancy L. Leonard, Brian P. Dennis, Norman D. Crawford, Kenneth A. Dodd
  • Patent number: 10436264
    Abstract: A brake (10,100) includes a piston (14,112) housing one or more springs (16,114) therein. The one or more springs (16,114) are adapted to urge an extension (30,140) of the piston (14,112) into contact with a disc stack (22,122) in a default position of the brake (10,100). Piston body (18,112) may be latitudinally offset from disc stack (22,122) by a distance (39,141). The brake (10,100) includes a manual release feature (70/72, 176).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AUSCO PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard H. Baldeosingh, Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd
  • Publication number: 20180340583
    Abstract: A brake (10,100) includes a piston (14,112) housing one or more springs (16,114) therein. The one or more springs (16,114) are adapted to urge an extension (30,140) of the piston (14,112) into contact with a disc stack (22,122) in a default position of the brake (10,100). Piston body (18,112) may be latitudinally offset from disc stack (22,122) by a distance (39,141). The brake (10,100) includes a manual release feature (70/72, 176).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Howard H. BALDEOSINGH, Brian P. DENNIS, Kenneth A. DODD
  • Patent number: 8272484
    Abstract: A hydraulic caliper brake including a housing having a first half and a second half and a bridge connecting the housing halves. Each half of the housing includes a bore having a fluid chamber and a piston therein. The caliper brake also includes a fluid network having an inlet port and a bleed port in the first half of the housing, a first channel extending through the bridge and in fluid communication with the inlet port and the fluid chamber in the second half of the housing, and a second channel extending through the bridge and in fluid communication with the fluid chamber in the second half of the housing and the bleed port. A dual-flow passage is provided and is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber in the first half of the housing and the second channel. The fluid chamber in the first half is not in fluid communication with the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ausco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Dennis, Kenneth A. Dodd, Norman D. Crawford, Peter J. Pozivilko