Patents by Inventor Kyle Bennett

Kyle Bennett 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: 20240402795
    Abstract: Examples of augmented reality (AR) environment control advantageously employ multi-factor intention determination and include: performing a multi-factor intention determination for summoning a control object (e.g., a menu, a keyboard, or an input panel) using a set of indications in an AR environment, the set of indications comprising a plurality of indications (e.g., two or more of a palm-facing gesture, an eye gaze, a head gaze, and a finger position simultaneously); and based on at least the set of indications indicating a summoning request by a user, displaying the control object in a position proximate to the user in the AR environment (e.g., docked to a hand of the user). Some examples continue displaying the control object while at least one indication remains, and continue displaying the control object during a timer period if one of the indications is lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Jackson KLEIN, Cory Ryan BRAMALL, Kyle MOURITSEN, Ethan Harris ARNOWITZ, Jeremy Bruce KERSEY, Victor JIA, Justin Thomas SAVINO, Stephen Michael LUCAS, Darren A. BENNETT
  • Patent number: 12097929
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PRAXIS WORKS LLC
    Inventors: David Allen, David M. Earle, Kyle Bennett, William A. Hilgenberg, Rainer Pokorny, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Patent number: 12067159
    Abstract: Examples of augmented reality (AR) environment control advantageously employ multi-factor intention determination and include: performing a multi-factor intention determination for summoning a control object (e.g., a menu, a keyboard, or an input panel) using a set of indications in an AR environment, the set of indications comprising a plurality of indications (e.g., two or more of a palm-facing gesture, an eye gaze, a head gaze, and a finger position simultaneously); and based on at least the set of indications indicating a summoning request by a user, displaying the control object in a position proximate to the user in the AR environment (e.g., docked to a hand of the user). Some examples continue displaying the control object while at least one indication remains, and continue displaying the control object during a timer period if one of the indications is lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Andrew Jackson Klein, Cory Ryan Bramall, Kyle Mouritsen, Ethan Harris Arnowitz, Jeremy Bruce Kersey, Victor Jia, Justin Thomas Savino, Stephen Michael Lucas, Darren A. Bennett
  • Patent number: 12060135
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David M. Earle, William A. Hilgenberg, David Allen, Kyle Bennett, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Publication number: 20230365221
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: David ALLEN, David M. EARLE, Kyle BENNETT, William A. HILGENBERG, Rainer POKORNY, Ryan Kent MILLER
  • Publication number: 20230242211
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: David M. EARLE, William A. HILGENBERG, David ALLEN, Kyle BENNETT, Ryan Kent MILLER
  • Patent number: 11572131
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David Allen, David M. Earle, Kyle Bennett, William A. Hilgenberg, Rainer Pokorny, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Patent number: 11572135
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David M. Earle, William A. Hilgenberg, David Allen, Kyle Bennett, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Publication number: 20210245836
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: David M. EARLE, William A. HILGENBERG, David ALLEN, Kyle BENNETT, Ryan Kent MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210139104
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: David M. Earle, William A. Hilgenberg, David Allen, Kyle Bennett, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Patent number: 10989281
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the chain, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the chain out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David Allen, David M. Earle, Kyle Bennett, William A. Hilgenberg, Rainer Pokorny
  • Patent number: 10988207
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt or chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt or chain via a toggle and slider mechanism, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt or chain out of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David M. Earle, William A. Hilgenberg, David Allen, Kyle Bennett, Ryan Kent Miller
  • Publication number: 20200377174
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David ALLEN, David M. EARLE, Kyle BENNETT, William A. HILGENBERG, Rainer POKORNY, Ryan Kent MILLER
  • Publication number: 20200263767
    Abstract: A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a chain to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the chain, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the chain out of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Praxis Works LLC
    Inventors: David ALLEN, David M. EARLE, Kyle BENNETT, William A. HILGENBERG, Rainer POKORNY
  • Patent number: 10717964
    Abstract: A non-naturally occurring microbe capable of growing in a medium comprising methanol is provided. The methanol contributes to a significant percentage (e.g., at least 40%) of the carbon source for the non-naturally occurring microbe, which expresses heterologous methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) and heterologous ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) pathway enzymes. Methods for producing liquid fuels and chemicals by the non-naturally occurring microbe and methods for preparing the non-naturally occurring microbe are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, Sergios Nicolaou, Alan Fast, Vasiliki Falara, Robert Kyle Bennett, William Brian Whitaker, Nicholas Richard Sandoval, Jacqueline Gonzalez, Maciek Antoniewicz
  • Patent number: 10640746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbe capable of growing in a medium comprising methanol, comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a heterologous methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) derived from a Corynebacterium organism (Cor), wherein the MDH is expressed in the microbe, and wherein the MDH exhibits a Km of no more than 3 mM for methanol. Also provided are uses of the non-naturally occurring microbe for oxidizing methanol and producing a metabolite as well as the preparation of the non-naturally occurring microbe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, William Brian Whitaker, Robert Kyle Bennett
  • Publication number: 20200017888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing production of a metabolite by a non-naturally occurring methylotroph, comprising growing the non-naturally occurring methylotroph in a medium comprising methanol. Expression of one or more native genes in the non-naturally occurring methylotroph is changed. Also provided are the non-naturally occurring methylotroph and preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Eleftherios T. Papoutsaki, Robert Kyle Bennett, Jacqueline Gonzalez, William Brian Whitaker, Maciek Antoniewicz
  • Patent number: D862548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Kyle Bennett
  • Patent number: D913698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Kyle Bennett
  • Patent number: D1047462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus Gooden, Kyle Bennett