Patents by Inventor Kieran Smith

Kieran Smith 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: 20260283130
    Abstract: A sinker assembly includes a sinker and a sleeve removably coupled to a body of the sinker. The body of the sinker being constructed of a material with a first galvanic corrosion potential in salt water. The sinker having a line receiving channel extending along a longitudinal axis of the body. The sleeve includes a body portion defining a receiving aperture that is sized to receive the body of the sinker. The body portion being formed of a material with a second galvanic corrosion potential in the salt water that is different from the first galvanic corrosion potential. The difference between the first galvanic corrosion potential of the sinker and the second galvanic corrosion potential of the sleeve results in a voltage gradient in the salt water that stimulates an electrosensory system of an electrosensitive organism in the salt water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Inventors: Stephen Kajiura, Kieran Smith
  • Patent number: 7621695
    Abstract: A cubic modular subsurface stormwater unit has equal top and bottom surfaces spaced apart by a set of four pillars, each of which runs from a corner of the top surface to a corresponding corner of the bottom surface. The pillars define a void having a generally cruciform cross section, the void opening onto each of the four side faces defined between the roof and the base. A line of units connected together in series side to side will have a long throughway formed by the respective voids in each unit, and a regular matrix of X- and Y-axis throughways will be formed as units are connected laterally on all sides. The unit is formed of identical halves which can be connected together in any orientation due to the square configuration and to a mating connection which has mating parts symmetrically disposed about a diagonal corner-to-corner line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Inventors: Paddy Smith, Kieran Smith
  • Publication number: 20080166182
    Abstract: A cubic modular subsurface stormwater unit has equal top and bottom surfaces spaced apart by a set of four pillars, each of which runs from a corner of the top surface to a corresponding corner of the bottom surface. The pillars define a void having a generally cruciform cross section, the void opening onto each of the four side faces defined between the roof and the base. A line of units connected together in series side to side will have a long throughway formed by the respective voids in each unit, and a regular matrix of X- and Y-axis throughways will be formed as units are connected laterally on all sides. The unit is formed of identical halves which cam be connected together in any orientation due to the square configuration and to a mating connection which has mating parts symmetrically disposed about a diagonal corner-to-corner line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Paddy Smith, Kieran Smith