Patents by Inventor Kenneth Watson

Kenneth Watson 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: 20240104148
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes tracking, by a computing device, user browsing activity of a first page having known elements; mapping, by the computing device, the user browsing activity to the known elements; storing, by the computing device, mapping information that maps the user browsing activity to the known elements; tracking, by the computing device, user browsing activity of a second page having unknown elements; identifying, by the computing device, the unknown elements based on the mapping information and the user browsing activity of the second page; and executing, by the computing device, one or more computer-based instructions based on the determining the unknown elements that were identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Austin Walters, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Mark Watson, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Reza Farivar, Anh Truong, Kenneth Taylor
  • Patent number: 11730174
    Abstract: System for conveying and dispensing material may include a heated supply of the material, one or more heated hoses, a heated dispenser, and a pump having a heating device internal the pump. A pump for conveying liquid or liquefied material, for example chocolate, may include one or more heating devices disposed within the pump. A filter may also be provided with an optional internal heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent A. Prieto, James V. Bachman, Jared J. Bell, Joseph C. Waryu, Marco Ciccone, Jennifer Lynn Volcansek, Mark W. Novotny, Madeline Blyth Oswalt, Ben Price, Daniel J. Brodsky, Kenneth Watson, Deborah Kosovich, Timothy E. Wilson, Robert Zuccarelli
  • Publication number: 20210186065
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for electrostatic dispensing fluid onto food products are disclosed. An electrostatic dispense system includes a material supply, a voltage block, and a power supply to electrostatically charge a coating material. The electrostatic dispense system further includes a dispense assembly, a conveyor through or by which a food product is configured to be conveyed, and a support that supports at least one liquid outlet of the dispense assembly. The dispense assembly dispenses the electrostatically charged coating material from the at least one liquid outlet onto the food product. The voltage block provides electrical isolation, and includes a pump that pumps the electrostatically charged coating material to the dispense assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Mark NOVOTNY, Brad M. SYROWSKI, Jason J. MOLNAR, Terrence M. FULKERSON, Mike HLEBOVY, Kenneth WATSON
  • Patent number: 10639986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cap including a body, a seal positioned within the body and adapted for engaging a filler tube opening, the seal manufactured of a material and in a shape such that the seal itself provides the biasing force to secure the cap on the filler tube opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Watson
  • Publication number: 20190082712
    Abstract: System for conveying and dispensing material may include a heated supply of the material, one or more heated hoses, a heated dispenser, and a pump having a heating device internal the pump. A pump for conveying liquid or liquefied material, for example chocolate, may include one or more heating devices disposed within the pump. A filter may also be provided with an optional internal heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Vincent A. PRIETO, James V. BACHMAN, Jared J. BELL, Joseph C. WARYU, Marco CICCONE, Jennifer Lynn VOLCANSEK, Mark W. NOVOTNY, Madeline Blyth OSWALT, Ben PRICE, Daniel J. BRODSKY, Kenneth WATSON, Deborah KOSOVICH, Timothy E. WILSON, Robert ZUCCARELLI
  • Patent number: 9447908
    Abstract: An anti-siphon assembly includes a siphon tube having a first end region adapted for securement to the inner surface of a fuel filler neck and a second end region adapted to be positioned in a fuel tank for allowing fuel to flow there through into said tank. The assembly includes a locking ring which secures, in an off axis manner, the first end region of the siphon tube within the fuel filler neck with the use of specialized installation tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth Watson, Bob Klein, John Loffink
  • Publication number: 20160229288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cap including a body, a seal positioned within the body and adapted for engaging a filler tube opening, the seal manufactured of a material and in a shape such that the seal itself provides the biasing force to secure the cap on the filler tube opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Watson
  • Patent number: 9365108
    Abstract: One embodiment of an integrated anti-siphon fuel filler assembly includes a fuel tank and tube means including a first end region adapted to be secured directly to the fuel tank for allowing fuel to flow therethrough into an opening of the tank, and restriction means positioned in the tube and defining apertures for the flow of fuel there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Watson, Evan S. Waymire
  • Publication number: 20140202550
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve and a mating fuel tank bung are installed directly on a fuel tank. In one embodiment a bung is welded directly to a fuel tank, and thereafter a pressure relief valve is attached directly to the bung by mating threads. This system and installation method provides a cost and time effective installation process that is expedient, does not require additional pipes or plumbing fixtures, and the resulting installed valve may provide improved safety features due to the exclusion of additional pipes and plumbing positioned between the valve and the fuel tank and a compactness of design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Watson
  • Patent number: 8752568
    Abstract: A low mass draw and return tube assembly, for use in fuel tanks, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Kenneth A. Watson
  • Patent number: 8746479
    Abstract: A method for closing a fuel tank includes providing a base sized to be received within an interior of a fuel tank filler neck, movably mounting a closure structure on the base, and securing a biasing mechanism to the base wherein the biasing mechanism biases the closure structure into a closed position on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Kenneth A. Watson, Evan Waymire
  • Publication number: 20140144549
    Abstract: A pencil sharpener powered by a drill and a method of use are disclosed herein. The pencil sharpener is configured with a cutting mechanism to sharpen a non-circular carpenter pencil. The pencil sharpener has a housing body to receive pencil shavings from the pencil. The housing body has a slotted hole configured to receive the carpenter pencil and prevent excessive rotation of the pencil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: David Kenneth Watson
  • Patent number: 8714212
    Abstract: One embodiment of a fuel inlet includes a tube including a side wall having an interior surface that defines an interior adapted for receiving a fuel nozzle therein and for receiving fuel there through, and the side wall including a raised region that extends circumferentially around the interior surface of the side wall and inwardly into the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Watson, Evan S. Waymire
  • Publication number: 20140034176
    Abstract: An anti-siphon assembly includes a siphon tube having a first end region adapted for securement to the inner surface of a fuel filler neck and a second end region adapted to be positioned in a fuel tank for allowing fuel to flow there through into said tank. The assembly includes a locking ring which secures, in an off axis manner, the first end region of the siphon tube within the fuel filler neck with the use of specialized installation tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Watson, Bob Klein, John Loffink
  • Patent number: 8635777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel draw and return system including a plate, a first fuel tube secured to the plate, and a second fuel tube secured to the plate, wherein the first and second fuel tubes are secured to one another and to the plate to define a triangular shaped connection configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Watson
  • Patent number: 8607433
    Abstract: An anti-siphon installation assembly includes a spring, a retainer clip mounted on the spring, the retainer clip including a support surface adapted to support an anti-siphon device thereon, and a locator clip mounted on the spring, the locator clip including an outwardly extending arm adapted to contact the upper surface of a fuel filler neck opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Kenneth A. Watson, Evan Waymine
  • Patent number: 8376169
    Abstract: An anti-siphon installation assembly includes a spring, a retainer clip mounted on the spring, the retainer clip including a support surface adapted to support an anti-siphon device thereon, and a locator clip mounted on the spring, the locator clip including an outwardly extending arm adapted to contact the upper surface of a fuel filler neck opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Kenneth A. Watson, Evan Waymire
  • Publication number: 20120305093
    Abstract: An anti-siphon installation assembly includes a spring, a retainer clip mounted on the spring, the retainer clip including a support surface adapted to support an anti-siphon device thereon, and a locator clip mounted on the spring, the locator clip including an outwardly extending arm adapted to contact the upper surface of a fuel filler neck opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Kenneth A. Watson, Evan Waymine
  • Patent number: 8261517
    Abstract: A fuel tank cap including a body, a seal carrier movably positioned within the body, a first seal positioned on the seal carrier and configured for sealably engaging a filler tube opening of a fuel tank, and a second seal positioned on the seal carrier and configured for sealably engaging the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventors: Neal L. Keefer, Evan Waymire, Kenneth A. Watson
  • Publication number: 20120152948
    Abstract: One embodiment of a fuel inlet includes a tube including a side wall having an interior surface that defines an interior adapted for receiving a fuel nozzle therein and for receiving fuel there through, and the side wall including a raised region that extends circumferentially around the interior surface of the side wall and inwardly into the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Watson, Evan S. Waymire