Patents by Inventor Lee Carter

Lee Carter 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: 20240115054
    Abstract: The present invention is an adjustable air chamber lumbar and pillow lift device. The present invention has an air chamber and an air hose. The air chamber is a cavity that holds air that enters via the air hose. The air chamber has an outer layer and a bed-facing surface. The air hose has an air pump and a chamber connection. The air chamber is adjustable in size. This allows the air chamber to expand upwards to three inches tall to provide lumbar lift support or create pillow lift. The air chamber is a thin vinyl non-porous material that retains air that is pumped within, retaining the expanded shape of the air chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20230310270
    Abstract: A vial container is disclosed to have a base, body, and top portion. The body portion is structured to have at least three flat sides with at least one indented textured grip and an optional neck or collar to attach lids or caps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: David Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20230289163
    Abstract: A method for managing software on a device is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a third party associated with the device, by a software administrator of an organization different from the third party, release information regarding software versions for the device; creating, by the software administrator, a profile that specifies whether or not at least one of the software versions is allowed on the device; and transmitting the profile, by the software administrator to a server computer associated with the third or other parties, to promote enforcement of the profile for the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Thomas Owen Parry, Srdan Dikic, Spencer Leavitt George Quin, Christopher Donald MacDonald, Michael William Loosemore, Jason Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20230288119
    Abstract: A packaging may include at least one insulating wall and at least one cooling device embedded into the at least one wall. A method of forming at least one insulating wall of a package may include placing a cooling device into a form, closing the form, injecting a liquid form of an expansive foam, and curing the foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20230131377
    Abstract: Disclosed herein A UAV and/or UAV operator detector (1) configured to be mounted to an aircraft (2). The detector comprises an array of multiple Directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae spaced apart from one another over two or three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Metis Aerospace Ltd
    Inventors: Anthony Michael Burnell, Lee Carter, Alexander Cruickshanks
  • Patent number: 11589744
    Abstract: A ophthalmic fixation apparatus includes a case housing with an interior area to hold a power source, the case housing further having a switch to activate a first fixation element and a second fixation element; one or more straps extending from the case housing; a first flexible conduit extending from the case housing and to facilitate direction of the first fixation element; and a second flexible conduit extending from the case housing and to facilitate direction of the second fixation element; the ophthalmic apparatus is for use during an eye exam to keep the patient's attention and maintain a still eye for examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Troy Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20230020969
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a network interface device, executed by the processor, to: initiate a communication link with a shipping fulfillment system to request and receive shipping fulfillment data descriptive of shipping requests for one or more packages to contain perishable goods to be shipped; and initiate a communication link with a weather forecast source to request and receive weather data descriptive of weather characteristics associated with a location the one or more perishable goods are to be shipped; and a package customization system executable by the processor to, based on the shipping fulfillment data and the weather data at a location where the perishable goods are to be shipped to, provide customization data describing how to customize a package to ship the perishable goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Lee Carter
  • Patent number: 11550258
    Abstract: A replaceable unit includes a rotatable gear positioned on a housing of the replaceable unit and an encoded member encoded with identifying information of the replaceable unit. The encoded member is positioned on an axially outboard face of the gear such that the encoded member is rotatable with the gear for communicating the identifying information of the replaceable unit to a sensor of an image forming device when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device. The encoded member is configured to move axially outward relative to a rotational axis of the gear upon rotation of the gear in a first rotational direction for communicating the identifying information of the replaceable unit to the sensor. The encoded member is configured to move axially inward relative to the rotational axis of the gear upon rotation of the gear in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Virgil Johnson, Jr., Daniel Lee Carter, Daniel George Mlejnek
  • Patent number: 11550259
    Abstract: A system includes a drive gear and a sensor mounted in an image forming device and a replaceable unit removably installable in the image forming device. The replaceable unit includes a gear for receiving rotational force from the drive gear. The system includes an encoded member encoded with identifying information of the replaceable unit and operatively connected to the gear such that rotation of the gear causes movement of the encoded member for communicating the identifying information of the replaceable unit to the sensor. The encoded member is configured to move toward the sensor upon rotation of the gear of the replaceable unit in a first rotational direction for communicating the identifying information of the replaceable unit to the sensor. The encoded member is configured to move away from the sensor upon rotation of the gear of the replaceable unit in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Virgil Johnson, Jr., Daniel Lee Carter, Daniel George Mlejnek
  • Publication number: 20220347052
    Abstract: A vial container is disclosed to have a base, body, and top portion. The body portion is structured to have at least three flat sides and an optional neck or collar to attach lids or caps. The inner cavity with longitudinal corners of adjoining sides provide a method to accumulate remaining medicinal elements for extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: David Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20220330958
    Abstract: A disposable thrombectomy maceration and aspiration system for macerating and aspirating thrombus or other obstructive material in a lumen of a vascular graft or vessel. The system includes three major components: a disposable integrated aspiration pump and fluid collection device for generating aspiration vacuum pressure and collecting macerated particulate, a disposable integrated thrombectomy and aspiration apparatus removably coupled to the device configured to macerate the thrombus with a motor powered maceration wire while including an aspiration pathway for aspirating the macerated particulate into the device, and a catheter removably coupled to the apparatus and covering a portion of the maceration wire for insertion into the patient to the thrombus site. The catheter is of sufficient size to allow the macerated particulate to be aspirated from a distal opening through the catheter and apparatus before being deposited into the fluid collection compartment of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Mobley, Lee Carter, Mukesh Shah, Ramana Hogirala
  • Patent number: 11445849
    Abstract: Provided are surprisingly effective methods for producing uniform, cold-brew beverages (e.g., coffee, tea, fruit juice/extract, vegetable juice/extract, etc.) having an extended shelf-life, comprising: use of non-oxygen gas mixtures comprising hydrogen (to reduce or eliminate total packaged oxygen (TPO)), use of pressure/vacuum ports in brewing and/or conditioning chambers to provide chambered vacuum and/or pressure to enhance oxygen elimination, use of continuous mixing/agitation during the final conditioning phase to provide for even particulate suspension, use of a two-phase filtration system to provide for uniform tailoring of the amount and/or size of undissolved solids, and use of jacketed brewing and/or conditioning chambers for enhanced control of temperature, extraction uniformity and conditioning. Cold-brew beverages prepared by the methods, and systems for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Big Watt Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Westplate, Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20220031923
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a cardioplegia delivery system having a console, controller, and disposables. The system aides the perfusionist in cardioplegia delivery to the patient during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery. The console, in conjunction with the disposables, combines blood from the heart-lung machine and crystalloid from the IV-bag in a specified ratio and then adds in a drug (arrest agent and/or additive). The electro-mechanical console incorporates a blood/crystalloid pump, temperature controllable water circulation system, pressure and temperature monitors, a sensor interface with the disposables, an arrest agent pump, an additive pump and ultra-sonic air detection sensors. The system monitors and controls the blood-crystalloid ratio, drug concentration, flow rate, pressure, temperature, and delivery route of the cardioplegia solution delivered to the patient. The system is a software-controlled system with a graphical user interface controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ken Jones, Jeff Albertsen, Cristo Corera, Lee Carter
  • Patent number: 11112754
    Abstract: A gear assembly for an imaging device includes a drive gear positioned to receive rotational force from the imaging device, and a driven gear positioned to mesh with and receive rotational force from the drive gear for rotating a photoconductive member. As the photoconductive member rotates, a rotational location on the drive gear that meshes with the driven gear when a latent image is formed on the photoconductive member is the same said rotational location on the drive gear that meshes with the driven gear when a toned image of the latent image is transferred from the photoconductive member to an image receiving medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20210235826
    Abstract: A cane having: a primary leg with a top end and an opposed bottom end; a handle coupled to the top end of the primary leg; and at least two secondary legs that are each pivotably coupled to the primary leg between the top and bottom ends of the primary leg. Each of the at least two secondary legs is pivotable between a first, retracted position and a second, deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Aidan Richard Wilhelm Friederich, Christopher Lee Carter, Angela Payton, Michael Christopher Tracz, Emily Rose Szabo, Elle Marcus, Michael Fugate, Jason Grenfell, Scott Rawlings
  • Patent number: 11006709
    Abstract: A cane having: a primary leg with a top end and an opposed bottom end; a handle coupled to the top end of the primary leg; and at least two secondary legs that are each pivotably coupled to the primary leg between the top and bottom ends of the primary leg. Each of the at least two secondary legs is pivotable between a first, retracted position and a second, deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterand Affairs, Challenge America
    Inventors: Aidan Richard Wilhelm Friederich, Christopher Lee Carter, Angela Payton, Michael Christopher Tracz, Emily Rose Szabo, Elle Marcus, Michael Fugate, Jason Grenfell, Scott Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20200337424
    Abstract: A cane having: a primary leg with a top end and an opposed bottom end; a handle coupled to the top end of the primary leg; and at least two secondary legs that are each pivotably coupled to the primary leg between the top and bottom ends of the primary leg. Each of the at least two secondary legs is pivotable between a first, retracted position and a second, deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: AIDAN RICHARD WILHELM FRIEDERICH, CHRISTOPHER LEE CARTER, ANGELA PAYTON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER TRACZ, EMILY ROSE SZABO, ELLE MARCUS, MICHAEL FUGATE, JASON GRENFELL, SCOTT RAWLINGS
  • Patent number: 10728237
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and software can be used to send or receive a software update. In some aspects, a software update notification is received at an electronic device. The software update notification indicates a security requirement. A network connection determined to be secure for receiving a software update based on the security requirement. The software update is downloaded using the network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Nicole Melissa DeBickes, Jason Lee Carter
  • Publication number: 20200034131
    Abstract: A method for managing software on a device is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a third party associated with the device, by a software administrator of an organization different from the third party, release information regarding software versions for the device; creating, by the software administrator, a profile that specifies whether or not at least one of the software versions is allowed on the device; and transmitting the profile, by the software administrator to a server computer associated with the third or other parties, to promote enforcement of the profile for the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Thomas Owen Parry, Srdan Dikic, Spencer Leavitt George Quin, Christopher Donald MacDonald, Michael William Loosemore, Jason Lee Carter
  • Patent number: 10480584
    Abstract: An Oldham coupler assembly for transferring rotary power between two shafts in an imaging device. The Oldham coupler includes an input plate, an output plate, and a drive plate and two pairs of coupling wheels, and, in one embodiment, made of the same plastic material. The drive plate has a pair of open-ended slots along one axis and a close-ended center slot along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The drive plate is mechanically coupled and positioned in between the input plate and the output plate. A plastic retraction spline assembly is slidably retained in the output plate and engages with a drive member in an imaging unit. The input plate includes gear teeth integrally molded into the outer circumference thereof decreasing the overall width of the Oldham coupler. The two pairs of coupling wheels have the same diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Lee Carter