Patents by Inventor Kenneth Powell

Kenneth Powell 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: 20240350729
    Abstract: A device includes a pump body that has at least one variable-size compartment. The pump body is configured to be actuated to change the size of the at least one variable-size compartment. Flexible bladders are disposed in the at least one compartment. At least one common port is fluidly connected with interiors of the flexible bladders. The change in the size of the at least one variable-size compartment either compresses or expands the flexible bladders in unison and thereby, respectively, either expels the interiors through the at least one common port or draws a vacuum into the interiors through the at least one common port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20240003589
    Abstract: A duct insulation product may include an insulation material and a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material. The moisture barrier material may form an outer surface of the duct insulation product. The moisture barrier material may include at least one closure flap along at least one side of the moisture barrier material. The closure flap may extend beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least one side of the insulation material. At least a portion of an inner surface of the closure flap may include an adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Riley Peters, Nicholas O'Kane, Ames Kulprathipanja, Jerry Kenneth Powell
  • Patent number: 11767839
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a hollow container that has a vacuum port and internal chamber walls. The vacuum port opens to an exterior of the container and the chamber walls define chambers that are in fluid communication with the vacuum port. There are flexible bladders disposed in the chambers. The flexible bladders include vents that open through the container to the exterior. A plunger in the container includes arms that extend into the chambers such that each of the flexible bladders is situated between one of the arms and one of the chamber walls. The plunger is moveable between a home position and an upstroke position to compress and deflate the flexible bladders via the vents and thereby change the volume of the flexible bladders. The change in the volume draws a vacuum through the vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AG IP HOLDING, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20230149733
    Abstract: A ring has an open top side and side walls that circumscribe a central region for receiving a phototherapy subject. The side walls include a work surface that is configured to receive visible light through the open top side and reflect the visible light toward the central region for phototherapy. The work surface includes a first surface that is a diffuse reflector and a second surface that is a specular reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Patent number: 11511023
    Abstract: A position-assisting device for milk expression includes an upright body wedge pillow that defines a back side that has an armrest, a front user-engagement side that is sloped back, lateral sides, and a bottom side. The upright body wedge pillow has an upper head-rest section and an interior cavity that has a front face that opens to the front user-engagement side so as to be able to receive a woman's breasts for milk expression. There are breast pumps located in the interior cavity for milk expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AG IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kenneth Powell, Marissa Gilbert, Eun-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11497930
    Abstract: A ring has an open top side and side walls that circumscribe a central region for receiving a phototherapy subject. The side walls include a work surface that is configured to receive visible light through the open top side and reflect the visible light toward the central region for phototherapy. The work surface includes a first surface that is a diffuse reflector and a second surface that is a specular reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: AG IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20220154712
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a hollow container that has a vacuum port and internal chamber walls. The vacuum port opens to an exterior of the container and the chamber walls define chambers that are in fluid communication with the vacuum port. There are flexible bladders disposed in the chambers. The flexible bladders include vents that open through the container to the exterior. A plunger in the container includes arms that extend into the chambers such that each of the flexible bladders is situated between one of the arms and one of the chamber walls. The plunger is moveable between a home position and an upstroke position to compress and deflate the flexible bladders via the vents and thereby change the volume of the flexible bladders. The change in the volume draws a vacuum through the vacuum port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Patent number: 11236742
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a hollow container that has a vacuum port and internal chamber walls. The vacuum port opens to an exterior of the container and the chamber walls define chambers that are in fluid communication with the vacuum port. There are flexible bladders disposed in the chambers. The flexible bladders include vents that open through the container to the exterior. A plunger in the container includes arms that extend into the chambers such that each of the flexible bladders is situated between one of the arms and one of the chamber walls. The plunger is moveable between a home position and an upstroke position to compress and deflate the flexible bladders via the vents and thereby change the volume of the flexible bladders. The change in the volume draws a vacuum through the vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Stakpac, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20210393976
    Abstract: A phototherapy device includes at least one flexible sheet that has first and second electrical conduction layers, an electrical insulation layer between the first and second electrical conduction layers, and light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed along the electrical insulation layer between the first and second electrical conduction layers. The first electrical conduction layer includes a conductive polymer. The electrical conduction layers and the LEDs are part of an electrical circuit in which the LEDs illuminate responsive to an electrical input. There is at least one meter to measure an electrical property of the electrical circuit. A control module is in communication with the meter and configured to adjust the electrical input responsive to the electrical property of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Kenneth Powell, Marissa Gilbert
  • Patent number: 11103724
    Abstract: A photo-treatment device includes a non-opaque treatment substrate and a radiation-collector beside the substrate. The substrate is sized for a person at which radiation is to be emitted from above the substrate. The substrate has a front surface for receiving the person thereon and a back surface. The radiation-collector captures excess radiation peripheral to the substrate and redirects the excess radiation to the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ARBOR GRACE, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Patent number: 11033751
    Abstract: A photo-treatment device includes a treatment region that has a front side at which source radiation is to be emitted and an opposite, back side. A plurality of light guides are located beside the treatment region. The light guides capture excess radiation peripheral to the treatment region and redirect the excess radiation toward the back side of the treatment region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ARBOR GRACE, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20200324030
    Abstract: A position-assisting device for milk expression includes an upright body wedge pillow that defines a back side that has an armrest, a front user-engagement side that is sloped back, lateral sides, and a bottom side. The upright body wedge pillow has an upper head-rest section and an interior cavity that has a front face that opens to the front user-engagement side so as to be able to receive a woman's breasts for milk expression. There are breast pumps located in the interior cavity for milk expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Kenneth Powell, Marissa Gilbert, Eun-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20200164221
    Abstract: A ring has an open top side and side walls that circumscribe a central region for receiving a phototherapy subject. The side walls include a work surface that is configured to receive visible light through the open top side and reflect the visible light toward the central region for phototherapy. The work surface includes a first surface that is a diffuse reflector and a second surface that is a spectral reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20200023102
    Abstract: A wound therapy system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a wound therapy that has a porous body operable to carry a fluid from a wound site, a tube, and a pump connected to the porous body by the tube. The pump is operable to apply vacuum through the tube to draw fluid from the wound site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20190195217
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a hollow container that has a vacuum port and internal chamber walls. The vacuum port opens to an exterior of the container and the chamber walls define chambers that are in fluid communication with the vacuum port. There are flexible bladders disposed in the chambers. The flexible bladders include vents that open through the container to the exterior. A plunger in the container includes arms that extend into the chambers such that each of the flexible bladders is situated between one of the arms and one of the chamber walls. The plunger is moveable between a home position and an upstroke position to compress and deflate the flexible bladders via the vents and thereby change the volume of the flexible bladders. The change in the volume draws a vacuum through the vacuum port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20180361171
    Abstract: A photo-treatment device includes a treatment region that has a front side at which source radiation is to be emitted and an opposite, back side. A plurality of light guides are located beside the treatment region. The light guides capture excess radiation peripheral to the treatment region and redirect the excess radiation toward the back side of the treatment region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20180185664
    Abstract: A photo-treatment device includes a non-opaque treatment substrate and a radiation-collector beside the substrate. The substrate is sized for a person at which radiation is to be emitted from above the substrate. The substrate has a front surface for receiving the person thereon and a back surface. The radiation-collector captures excess radiation peripheral to the substrate and redirects the excess radiation to the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Patent number: 9885340
    Abstract: A screened wind power generation system for generating power in locations where the sight of wind turbines is undesirable or where advertising space can be utilized. The system uses a screen to cover wind turbines with a mesh size and other characteristics that are appropriate for allowing sufficient wind to pass through to wind turbines. The mesh can be coated or imprinted with surface indicia that constitute advertising or create an appearance that blends with surroundings better than an unscreened wind power generation system. The depth of the screen can vary to better enable muffling of wind turbine noise. The screen cross-section can have an aerodynamic shape to facilitate wind flow through the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20170288604
    Abstract: A solar panel assembly according to an example of the present disclosure includes a light-permeable panel, an opaque or solid region on the panel that at least partially blocks light from penetration through the panel, at least one solar array adjacent the panel, and at least one mirror situated such that at least some light permeating through the panel reflects off of the at least one mirror and onto the at least one solar array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell
  • Publication number: 20160215760
    Abstract: A screened wind power generation system for generating power in locations where the sight of wind turbines is undesirable or where advertising space can be utilized. The system uses a screen to cover wind turbines with a mesh size and other characteristics that are appropriate for allowing sufficient wind to pass through to wind turbines. The mesh can be coated or imprinted with surface indicia that constitute advertising or create an appearance that blends with surroundings better than an unscreened wind power generation system. The depth of the screen can vary to better enable muffling of wind turbine noise. The screen cross-section can have an aerodynamic shape to facilitate wind flow through the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Patrick Kenneth Powell