Patents by Inventor Kenneth Michael Burns
Kenneth Michael Burns 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).
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Patent number: 11031131Abstract: A system for medicine dosage compliance may comprise a dispensing component that provides for medicine to be dispensed based at least upon authorized identification of a user and a secondary authorizer. The dispensing component may comprise an identity authentication component that automatically authenticates an identity of the user and the secondary authorizer at the time of a dispensing event. The system may further comprise a communication component providing one or more notifications to one or more third parties. The communication component may comprise a wireless personal area networking component that sets up a local networking connection between the dispensing component and a local device to share data between the dispensing component and a local device. The local device may communicatively be coupled to a remote network component. A notification component may generate notification information of the dispensing event for one or more third parties.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: FIRSTENERGY CORP.Inventors: Dennis Marshall Chack, Brett William Reynolds, Michele Domiano Jones, Amanda Marie Kidder, Timothy William Wechter, David Lynn Griffing, Lauren Rae Lucas, Josh Ryan Schulte, Cheryl Ann Brubaker-Schaub, Kenneth Michael Burns, James Thomas Petroski, Benjamin Back Rose, Carl Anthony Shotwell, William Bagnal Timms, III, Jon Eric Washington
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Publication number: 20190080792Abstract: A system for medicine dosage compliance may comprise a dispensing component that provides for medicine to be dispensed based at least upon authorized identification of a user and a secondary authorizer. The dispensing component may comprise an identity authentication component that automatically authenticates an identity of the user and the secondary authorizer at the time of a dispensing event. The system may further comprise a communication component providing one or more notifications to one or more third parties. The communication component may comprise a wireless personal area networking component that sets up a local networking connection between the dispensing component and a local device to share data between the dispensing component and a local device. The local device may communicatively be coupled to a remote network component. A notification component may generate notification information of the dispensing event for one or more third parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: FirstEnergy Ventures Corp.Inventors: Dennis Marshall Chack, Brett William Reynolds, Michele Domiano Jones, Amanda Marie Kidder, Timothy William Wechter, David Lynn Griffing, Lauren Rae Lucas, Josh Ryan Schulte, Cheryl Ann Brubaker-Schaub, Kenneth Michael Burns, James Thomas Petroski, Benjamin Back Rose, Carl Anthony Shotwell, William Bagnal Timms, III, Jon Eric Washington
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Patent number: 10170935Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: PHILIPS IP VENTURES B.V.Inventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns
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Patent number: 10127360Abstract: A system for medicine dosage compliance may comprise a dispensing component that provides for medicine to be dispensed based at least upon authorized identification of a user and a secondary authorizer. The dispensing component may comprise an identity authentication component that automatically authenticates an identity of the user and the secondary authorizer at the time of a dispensing event. The system may further comprise a communication component providing one or more notifications to one or more third parties. The communication component may comprise a wireless personal area networking component that sets up a local networking connection between the dispensing component and a local device to share data between the dispensing component and a local device. The local device may communicatively be coupled to a remote network component. A notification component may generate notification information of the dispensing event for one or more third parties.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: FirstEnergy Ventures Corp.Inventors: Dennis Marshall Chack, Brett William Reynolds, Michele Domiano Jones, Amanda Marie Kidder, Timothy William Wechter, David Lynn Griffing, Lauren Rae Lucas, Josh Ryan Schulte, Cheryl Ann Brubaker-Schaub, Kenneth Michael Burns, James Thomas Petroski, Benjamin Back Rose, Carl Anthony Shotwell, William Bagnal Timms, III, Jon Eric Washington
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Publication number: 20160134134Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns
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Patent number: 9257851Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns
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Publication number: 20120119588Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns
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Patent number: 8129864Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns
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Publication number: 20090174263Abstract: An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signal is applied to the tank circuit to create an inductive field for powering the secondary. The secondary communicates feedback about the received power back to the primary controller. The power transfer efficiency may be optimized by maintaining the operating frequency substantially at resonance, and the amount of power transferred may be controlled by adjusting the duty cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: David W. Baarman, Scott A. Mollema, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Thomas Jay Leppien, Kenneth Michael Burns