Patents by Inventor Lee Smith

Lee 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: 20250129833
    Abstract: A dual piston shock assembly is disclosed. The dual piston shock assembly includes a body with a chamber having working fluid therein. A dual piston assembly coupled with a shaft, the dual piston assembly including a compression piston, a rebound piston, and a reservoir port coupled between the compression piston and the rebound piston along an axis of the shaft. The dual piston assembly disposed in the chamber, axially movable relative to the chamber, and separating the chamber into a compression side and a rebound side. A fluid pathway internal to the shaft, the fluid pathway fluidly coupling the chamber with a reservoir via the reservoir port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby Lee Smith, Jr., Geoffrey Tyler Carlisle
  • Publication number: 20250114230
    Abstract: An ostomy drainage system including an ostomy appliance and a drainage conduit, the ostomy appliance including an internal collecting volume defined by a first wall and a second wall connected together; a stoma receiving opening defined in the first wall, and a valve. The valve includes a body connected to the first and second walls, an inlet and an outlet, connected by a flow path and fluidly connected to the internal collecting volume. The drainage conduit includes a connector device which is connectable to the valve. The connector device has a connector body providing a passage, and an inlet formation which widens radially outwardly relative to the connector body, such that when the connector device is connected to the valve, the connector body extends from the outlet to the inlet and the inlet formation resists removal from the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Howard, Kieran Williams, Lee Smith
  • Publication number: 20250110029
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting an evaporation procedure to evaporate a liquid component from a liquid sample in a container. The method comprises heating the container towards a target temperature using a heat source having a thermostatic control arrangement, iteratively determining a value of a heat flow parameter with a controller, determining with the controller when the heat flow parameter value has fallen by a predetermined extent from a peak value, and outputting a control signal from the controller in response to said determination, the control signal causing a further step in the evaporation procedure to be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Richard William YOUNG, Philip Rufino CUDDEHAY, Induka Ruwanthi ABEYSENA, Donald Roger LEE-SMITH, Gavin Richard PAGE
  • Publication number: 20250109843
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include devices and methods for a flashlight grip. The flashlight grip may include a handle with a mount configured to hold a flashlight. The mount may include a first mounting portion coupled to the handle and a second mounting portion coupled to the handle. The second mounting portion may be positioned opposite the first mounting portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion may form a cavity. The flashlight grip may further include one or more connectors extending through the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion that may be used to tighten the first mounting portion and second mounting portion, thereby securing a flashlight in between the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 12264663
    Abstract: A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while operating at higher pressures than that possible using the prior art tube. Further, in accordance with some embodiments, the tubing assembly can achieve a longer working life than a comparable prior art tube, and the load on the pump motor can be reduced such that the pump life is increased and/or a larger pump motor is not required to achieve such advantageous results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Blue-White Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Gledhill, III, John Nguyen, Steven Lee Smith
  • Publication number: 20250092932
    Abstract: A shock assembly with internal bypass having position dependent reservoir flow is provided. The shock assembly includes a twin tube shock body having an inner tube and an outer tube. The shock assembly also includes a ring divider coupled between the inner body and the outer body to separate and form a fluid gap between the inner body and the outer body. The shock assembly includes bypass ports and bleeder ports formed in the inner body. Additionally, there are reservoir flow ports formed in the inner body and located above body divider ring, wherein the reservoir flow ports are configured to direct shaft displacement flow of fluid to a reservoir of the shock assembly when a piston of the shock assembly passes by the reservoir flow ports and into the bump zone during a compression stroke. This eliminates the risk of cavitation in the bump zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Geoffrey Tyler Carlisle, Bobby Lee Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250091717
    Abstract: A repositionable pocket for an aircraft having a rigid pocket wall pivotally attached to the aircraft sidewall and at least one strap assembly connecting the pocket to the sidewall. The strap assembly has a first end fixable to the sidewall and a second end repositionably fastened to the pocket. The strap is preferably made to be elastic and urges the attached pocket into a closed orientation thereby securing any stowed items between the pocket and the aircraft sidewall. Strap adjustability accommodates different sized objects for stowage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Chad Lee Smith, Craig Louis Bothell, Emily O'Kelley Pearson
  • Patent number: 12248978
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: determining, using a predictive analysis, an estimated collection time to collect one or more items of an order; receiving a mobile check-in from an electronic device indicating that a pickup is en-route to pick-up the order from the store; tracking a location of the pickup; periodically determining an estimated travel time for the pickup to travel to the store from the location, as tracked; and transmitting instructions for the one or more employees of the store to begin collecting the one or more items of the order on a store interface Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener
  • Patent number: 12245786
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses for and methods of separating tissue with opposing jaw members having distal ends that translate toward a surface of the tissue as the jaw members are rotated outwardly to maintain engagement with the tissue. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes jaw members rotatably coupled adjacent to their proximal ends. The jaw members define opposing outwardly-facing curved channels disposed between their proximal and distal ends that slidably engage a distal pin. A bracket defines a distal socket that receives the distal pin. As the jaw members are motivated in a distal direction relative to the bracket toward the distal pin, engagement of the distal pin with the outwardly-facing curved channels causes the jaw members to rotate to cause the distal ends of the jaw members move outwardly transversely to the distal direction while the distal ends translate in the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Lee Smith, David A. Desmarais
  • Publication number: 20250064680
    Abstract: An ostomy collection volume stand for supporting a urostomy collection volume including: a support arrangement having a first condition and a second condition, wherein in the first condition the support arrangement provides an enclosed storage volume for storing one or more urostomy collection volumes and in the second condition the support arrangement provides a support formation is configured to engage with a portion of a urostomy collection volume such that the support arrangement provides a support for the urostomy collection volume when it is in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Howard, Ewa Jasicka, Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 12238376
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting contextual information in connection with media content are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Neil Cormican, Christopher David Scott, Andre Cunha, Kathryn Lee Smith
  • Publication number: 20250060088
    Abstract: A luminaire with a tool-less assembly feature that enhances ease of installation and serviceability in the field. The luminaire's housing defines a compartment accessible via a window adjacent a pair of opposed shoulders. The luminaire further includes a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in the window in an interference fit with the shoulders. The lighting module may include an LED module/light guide plate and/or an LED refractor assembly/LED gear tray. A resilient member is supported on the housing in position to abut the lighting module and deflect during insertion of the lighting module through the window, and to at least partially resile to maintain the lighting module against the shoulders in an operative position on the housing. Further, the resilient member is positioned to deflect during removal and to resile to tilt or otherwise assist in ejecting the lighting module from the housing during tool-less disassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Steven Paul Koch, Arthur Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 12225895
    Abstract: Vegetation such as a weed (45) may be controlled by generating a foam comprising air and an aqueous solution comprising a surfactant; dispensing the foam so as to coat at least a base part of the weed that is to be controlled; and then injecting hot water into the foam (46) so as to contact the weed (45) below or within the coating of foam (46) The hot water causes the weed (45) to wilt and die, while the foam (46) suppresses heat loss from the hot water. The method may be carried out using a portable tool (10) which includes an air blower (14), a container (20) of a concentrate for the aqueous solution, a foam-generating tube (24) ending in an open-topped chute (26). The hot water may be provided through a flexible hose (22) from an external boiler (23), and after being used to produce the foam (46), the hot water be sprayed onto the top end of the chute (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WEEDING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Joe Cowan, Lee Smith, Franck Balducchi
  • Publication number: 20250032304
    Abstract: A connector 10 for connecting to an ostomy appliance 1 including: a conduit 12 having an entrance and an exit connected by an internal passage 16 through which waste from an ostomy appliance 1 is permitted to flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Howard, Lee Smith, Ewa Jasicka
  • Publication number: 20250025328
    Abstract: A valve for a urostomy appliance including: a body for connection to the urostomy appliance, an inlet and an outlet, connected by a flow path, and a closure arrangement which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet, such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet, and an open position in which the outlet is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet, wherein the closure arrangement is detachably connectable to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Lee SMITH, Kieran WILLIAMS, Mark HEYNES, Phil SAMPEY
  • Publication number: 20250017758
    Abstract: A connector 10 for connecting to an ostomy appliance 1 and an ostomy collection system including: a conduit 12 having an entrance and an exit connected by an internal passage 16 through which waste is permitted to flow, and wherein a structural member 14 extends along the passage 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Smith, Ewa Jasicka, Kieran Williams
  • Publication number: 20250017759
    Abstract: A valve (100) for an ostomy appliance (10) including: a body (110) for connection to the ostomy appliance (10), an inlet and an outlet (104), connected by a flow path, a closure arrangement (120) which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet (104), such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet (104), and an open position in which the outlet (104) is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet (104), and wherein the valve (100) includes a flow control formation (300) which is configured to default to an open condition and has a closed condition in which the flow of liquid from the outlet (104) is prevented or at least inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Howard, Lee Smith, Kieran Williams
  • Publication number: 20250009549
    Abstract: A valve for a urostomy appliance including: a body for connection to the urostomy appliance, an inlet and an outlet, connected by a flow path, and a closure arrangement which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet, such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet, and an open position in which the outlet is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet, wherein the closure arrangement is connectable/connected to the body in two locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Kieran WILLIAMS, Lee HOWARD, Lee SMITH, Mark HEYNES, Phil SAMPEY
  • Patent number: 12187693
    Abstract: A rapid synthesis method for a biomass-based amine, including: using formamide as an amine source, formic acid as a hydrogen source, and biomass aldehyde or ketone as a raw material, conduct rapid heating promoting direct addition of formamide and aldehyde or ketone compound through microwave-assisted heating and without a solvent and catalyst, and carrying out formic acid reduction preparing and obtaining a corresponding formamide derivative; selectively converting the formamide derivative under the action of a base into a corresponding primary amine through alcoholysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hu Li, Zhen Fang, Richard Lee Smith
  • Publication number: 20240423712
    Abstract: A medical system may include: a medical device including an elongate shaft configured to access a treatment site within a patient and a handle coupled to a proximal end of the elongate shaft; a laser device including an elongate tubular member configured for insertion through a working lumen of the medical device, the elongate tubular member including a cooling channel and a laser fiber extending distally within the cooling channel; and a fluid management system including an inflow pump configured to pump fluid from a first fluid supply source through the elongate shaft to the treatment site, a cooling pump configured to pump fluid from a second fluid supply source through the cooling channel, and a controller configured to control the inflow pump and the cooling pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Maher, Lee Smith, William Stanhope, Nishant Khattar, Eric Wong, Niraj Prasad Rauniyar, Logan Ernster