Patents by Inventor Lance M. King

Lance M. King 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: 20240075993
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided for modifying aerodynamics, especially on vehicles. A system can be provided on a vehicle and comprise at least one venturi generator. A system can be provided on a vehicle comprising components to redirect air from a slot near or on a surface of a vehicle, for example, a top or side of a vehicle, to an air exhaust on another portion of a vehicle, for example, a rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Publication number: 20230339555
    Abstract: Load balancing systems and methods, and trailers with components for load balancing across the trailers or portions (e.g., axles, springs, frame portions) thereof are provided herein. Some trailers comprise a frame, a suspension system configured to support the frame on a set of axles comprising a first axle, and wherein the first axle is movably coupled to the frame. Some trailers comprise a frame, a piping system coupled to the frame, and a set of tanks coupled to one another via the piping system. The piping system can comprise a set of pumps configured to pump fluid between the tanks for load balancing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lance M. KING, Zach Radkey-Pechacek, Nathan Swanson, Timothy Wulff
  • Publication number: 20230339343
    Abstract: A system for controlling a charging of at least one of an electric vehicle and a trailer, comprising: a pass-through charging subsystem coupled to the electric vehicle and the trailer; a user interface configured to receive an input associated with a charging instruction; and a controller, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: direct electricity from a charger through the pass-through charging system such that the at least one of the electric vehicle and the trailer is charged in accordance with the charging instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lance M. KING, Zach Radkey-Pechacek, Nathan Swanson, Timothy Wulff
  • Publication number: 20230339558
    Abstract: Self-hitching and parking trailers, and systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for controlling a trailer are provided herein. A system for controlling a trailer can comprise one or more sensors configured to detect sensor data associated with a trailer, a tow vehicle, and/or an area surrounding the trailer, and a controlling having one or more processors, and a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), cause the processor(s) to obtain sensor data, obtain an indication of an event based at least in part on the sensor data, and initiate a trailer action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lance M. KING, Zach Radkey-Pechacek, Nathan Swanson, Timothy Wulff
  • Publication number: 20230222152
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Patent number: 11481427
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: STREAM IT, INC.
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Publication number: 20220324370
    Abstract: Collapsible campers and shells, and adjustable components and accessories for campers and other dwellings are provided herein. A collapsible dwelling can comprise a collapsible shell comprising an inner shell portion, optionally one or more mid-shell portions, and an outer shell portion, wherein the inner shell portion, the one or more mid-shell portion, and the outer shell portion are adjustably coupled to one another such that the collapsible shell is adjustable from a collapsed configuration to an extended configuration. The collapsible dwelling can comprise a lift system coupled to the collapsible shell and configured to adjust the collapsible shell from the collapsed configuration to the extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Lance M. KING, Zach RADKEY-PECHACEK, Nathan SWANSON, Timothy WULFF, William A. FRENCH, Stanford Dean RICHINS
  • Publication number: 20220019613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Patent number: 11080321
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Publication number: 20210195120
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing selective vision for a sensor, the method comprising: storing digital representations of one or more faces in a memory; receiving a selection of a level of privacy from among two or more levels of privacy related to a first face of the one or more faces; receiving a stream of video of an environment; identifying at least one face within the stream of video; comparing the at least one face with the digital representations of the one or more faces in the memory; identifying the first face from among the one or more faces; and substituting the first face within the video stream with a substitute graphical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Publication number: 20200364256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Patent number: 10733226
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Publication number: 20190370281
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Lance M. KING
  • Patent number: 10387480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Publication number: 20140129971
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a scalable graphical user interface. In an embodiment, the user interface comprises a main display area that includes a timeline across a first axis and a set of content (e.g., media and/or applications) categories along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, such that each content category is associated with a row or column across the timeline. As each content is created or consumed, the timeline is populated with a selectable representation of the content in the row or column associated with the content category corresponding to the content at a point on the timeline representing a time at which the content was created or consumed, such that the content is accessible to a user via the representation of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Patent number: 4747304
    Abstract: A downhole bundle carrier on which an instrument support leg is pivotally mounted. A fluid passageway extends from the inside of the bundle carrier through the pivot joint and extends to the distal end of the instrument support leg. A cleanout passageway extends from the fluid passageway to the exterior of the bundle carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: V. E. Kuster Company
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Patent number: 4664531
    Abstract: A downhole clock spring in the form of an elongate ribbon comprising means connecting one end to a mandrel for driving an escapement, means connecting the other end to a case, the ribbon spring being characterized in that the ribbon is split substantially along the length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: V. E. Kuster Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Lance M. King
  • Patent number: 4567921
    Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus and methods for filling a conventional Bourdon tube with an outgassed fluid to permit use of the Bourdon tube to measure fluid pressures at high temperatures. The filling device includes a hot reservoir containing hydraulic fluid that has been heated to facilitate outgassing and a cold reservoir in fluid communication with the hot reservoir to prevent exposure of the fluid in the hot reservoir to oxygen. A vacuum line connected to the cold reservoir permits evacuation of the filling apparatus, the Bourdon tube and a typical bellows that may be attached to the Bourdon tube. The bellows is mechanically compressed and provided with a center post to reduce the volume of the bellows by about fifty percent. After the Bourdon tube, the bellows and the hydraulic fluid in the hot reservoir have been heated and outgassed, the vacuum is removed from the cold reservoir to permit hydraulic fluid to flow from the hot reservoir into the bellows and Bourdon tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: V.E. Kuster Company
    Inventor: Lance M. King