Patents by Inventor Marc Gregory Martino

Marc Gregory Martino 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: 20210129941
    Abstract: A drivetrain system for a reverse trike configured to transmit power from the motor to the rear wheel includes a first and a second drive chain being the only two drive chains utilized. A jackshaft has at one end a first universal joint connected to a first jackshaft sprocket and at an opposite end has a second universal joint connected to a second jackshaft sprocket. The first drive chain is connected between the motor output sprocket and the first jackshaft sprocket. The second drive chain is connected between the second jackshaft sprocket and the rear wheel drive sprocket. The first jackshaft sprocket is rotatably attached to the frame and configured to be movable away from and towards the motor output sprocket. The second jackshaft sprocket is rotatably attached to the frame and configured to be movable away from and towards the rear wheel drive sprocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20210068370
    Abstract: A dog toy includes a projectile and a slingshot. The projectile is configured to fly through the air while resembling a dog bone. Accordingly, the projectile has a first and second visual pair of bulbous portions disposed at the leading and trailing ends. The trailing end is also shaped as fins for stability in flight, whereas the leading end is heavier in mass. A pair of hooks are at the leading end. A finger grip is attached near, to or formed as part of the trailing end and allows a user to grip the projectile with a user's fingers. The slingshot includes a handle configured to be gripped by the user. A pair of prongs extend from a handle top and form an opening. An elastic band is connected to each prong. A hand guard protects a portion of the user's hand during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10932441
    Abstract: A wall mounted structure for cats includes a vertically disposed back surface attached directly to a vertical wall and/or a stud or a plurality of studs or attached to the vertical wall and/or the stud or the plurality of studs with a mounting bracket. A horizontally disposed floor forwardly extends from the back surface, wherein the floor is disposed perpendicular to the back surface. At least one horizontally disposed landing pad forwardly extends from the back surface, wherein the at least one landing pad is disposed perpendicular to the back surface, and wherein the at least one landing pad is disposed adjacent to and at a height above the floor. A front surface is attached to the floor and the at least one landing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10905888
    Abstract: A filter feedthrough for an AIMD includes ferrule with an insulator hermetically sealing a ferrule opening, both cooperatively separating a body fluid side from a device side. A first conductive pathway is hermetically sealed to and disposed through the insulator. A feedthrough capacitor is disposed on the device side and includes at least one active electrode plate disposed parallel and spaced from at least one ground electrode plate within a capacitor dielectric. A capacitor active metallization is electrically connected to the active electrode plate and is in non-electrically conductive relation with the ground electrode plate. A capacitor ground metallization is electrically connected to the ground electrode plate and is in non-electrically conductive relation with the active electrode plate. An anisotropic conductive layer is disposed on the device side. The anisotropic conductive layer electrically connects the capacitor active metallization to the first conductive pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Keith W. Seitz, Brian P. Hohl, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10888178
    Abstract: A jewelry display includes a ferromagnetic planar substrate and a bracket configured to be attached to a wall. The bracket has at least one wall engagement surface disposed along an inner surface and at least one ferromagnetic planar substrate engagement surface disposed along an outer surface. An adhesive backed non-slip covering adhesively attaches to the substrate engagement surface. At least one bracket magnet is disposed on the inner surface of the bracket. A plurality of jewelry fixtures are configured to be removably attached to the front surface of the ferromagnetic planar substrate, each jewelry fixture having at least one permanent fixture magnet and a jewelry holding structure, where the at least one permanent fixture magnet of each jewelry fixture is magnetically attracted to the ferromagnetic planar substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10865552
    Abstract: An overflow drain assembly includes a housing configured to be installed at a bottom of a basin. A plug assembly is configured to be disposed within the housing and has an upper and lower plug body translatable to each other. A fluidic seal is attached to the upper plug body and configured to removably engage in a water tight manner with a top side water inlet of the housing. A single compression spring is disposed between and biases apart the upper and lower plug body. A first permanent magnet attached to the lower plug body is above a second permanent magnet attached to the upper plug body. The upper plug body is configured to be manually pushed downward a first time by a user to automatically lock into an open position and manually pushed downward a second time to automatically raise and lock into a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: WESTBRASS COMPANY
    Inventors: Max Homami, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20200330888
    Abstract: A self-propelled rocket toy includes an elongated body located along a longitudinal axis having a top end opposite a bottom end. The body may include at least two supports outwardly extending from and fixed relative to the body. A propeller is centered about the longitudinal axis located about the body's bottom end. An electric motor is disposed within the body and mechanically coupled to the propeller. A power source is disposed within the body and electrically coupled to the electric motor. An activation mechanism is electrically coupled to the electric motor and power source. The activation mechanism may be a launch button or a centrifugal switch. The at least two supports are fins extending outwardly and are configured to induce an autorotation for a controlled descent, either by their shape and design and/or by including a pivotably attached flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20200222691
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough assembly attachable to an AIMD includes an insulator hermetically sealing a ferrule opening of an electrically conductive ferrule with a gold braze. A co-fired and electrically conductive sintered paste is disposed within and hermetically seals at least one via hole extending in the insulator. At least one capacitor is disposed on the device side. An active electrical connection electrically connects a capacitor active metallization and the sintered paste. A ground electrical connection electrically connects the gold braze to a capacitor ground metallization, wherein at least a portion of the ground electrical connection physically contacts the gold braze. The dielectric of the capacitor may be less than 1000 k. The ferrule may include an integrally formed peninsula portion extending into the ferrule opening spatially aligned with a ground passageway and metallization of an internally grounded feedthrough capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20200203881
    Abstract: A hermetic feedthrough terminal pin connector for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes an electrical insulator hermetically sealed to an opening of an electrically conductive ferrule. A feedthrough terminal pin is hermetically sealed to and disposed through the insulator, the feedthrough terminal pin extending outwardly beyond the insulator on the inside of the casing of the AIMD. A circuit board is disposed on the inside of the casing of the AIMD. A terminal pin connector includes: an electrically conductive connector housing disposed on the circuit board, wherein the connector housing is electrically connected to at least one electrical circuit disposed on the circuit board; and at least one electrically conductive prong supported by the connector housing, the at least one prong contacting and compressed against the feedthrough terminal pin, the at least one prong making a removable electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Christine A. Frysz, Marc Gregory Martino, Robert A. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 10668332
    Abstract: A self-propelled rocket toy includes an elongated body located along a longitudinal axis having a top end opposite a bottom end. The body includes at least two supports outwardly extending from and fixed relative to the body. A propeller is centered about the longitudinal axis located at the bottom end. An electric motor is disposed within the body and mechanically connected to the propeller. A power source is disposed within the body and electrically connected to the electric motor. An activation mechanism is electrically connected to the electric motor and the power source. The activation mechanism may be a launch button. A countdown timer is in communication with the electric motor and the power source configured to delay the activation of the rocket after the launch button is pressed by a user. A flight timer is configured to automatically turn off the electric motor after a predetermined time has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20200121098
    Abstract: A jewelry display includes a ferromagnetic planar substrate and a bracket configured to be attached to a wall. The bracket has at least one wall engagement surface disposed along an inner surface and at least one ferromagnetic planar substrate engagement surface disposed along an outer surface. An adhesive backed non-slip covering adhesively attaches to the substrate engagement surface. At least one bracket magnet is disposed on the inner surface of the bracket. A plurality of jewelry fixtures are configured to be removably attached to the front surface of the ferromagnetic planar substrate, each jewelry fixture having at least one permanent fixture magnet and a jewelry holding structure, where the at least one permanent fixture magnet of each jewelry fixture is magnetically attracted to the ferromagnetic planar substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10596369
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough assembly includes an electrically conductive ferrule sealed by a first gold braze to an insulator disposed at least partially within a ferrule opening. A conductive wire is disposed within a via hole disposed through the insulator extending from a body fluid side to a device side. A second gold braze hermetically seals the conductive leadwire to the via hole. A capacitor is disposed on the device side having a capacitor dielectric body with a dielectric constant k that is greater than 0 and less than 1000. The capacitor is the first filter capacitor electrically connected to the conductive leadwire coming from the body fluid side into the device side. An active electrical connection electrically connects the conductive leadwire to the capacitor active metallization. A ground electrical connection electrically connects the capacitor ground metallization to the ferrule and housing of the active implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10589107
    Abstract: A feedthrough separates a body fluid side from a device side. A passageway is disposed through the feedthrough. A body fluid side leadwire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the body fluid side. A device side leadwire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the device side. The body fluid side leadwire is hermetically sealed to the feedthrough body and is not of the same material as the device side leadwire. A circuit board has an active via hole with a second end of the second leadwire residing therein. The circuit board has an active circuit trace that is electrically connectable to electronic circuits housed in an AIMD, and a circuit board ground metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith W. Seitz, Thomas Marzano, Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Jason Woods, Richard L. Brendel, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10561837
    Abstract: A filtered feedthrough assembly for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes an insulator hermetically sealed to an opening of an electrically conductive ferrule. A ceramic reinforced metal composite of platinum and alumina (CRMC) material is disposed in an insulator via hole surrounding a substantially pure platinum fill. A capacitor disposed on the insulator device side has a capacitor dielectric with a dielectric constant k that is greater than 0 and less than 1000. Coming from the body fluid side to the device side of the AIMD, the capacitor is the first filter capacitor electrically connected to the substantially pure platinum fill. An active electrical connection electrically connects the substantially pure platinum fill to the capacitor active metallization. A ground electrical connection electrically connects the capacitor ground metallization to the ferrule and subsequently to the housing of the AIMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20200030614
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough assembly attachable to an AIMD includes an insulator hermetically sealing the opening of a ferrule with a gold braze. The ferrule includes a peninsula extending into the ferrule opening and the insulator has a cutout matching the peninsula. A sintered platinum-containing paste hermetically seals at least one via hole extending through the insulator. At least one capacitor is disposed on the device side. An active electrical connection electrically connects the capacitor active metallization to the sintered paste. A ground electrical connection electrically connects the capacitor ground metallization disposed within a capacitor ground passageway to the portion of the gold braze along the ferrule peninsula. The dielectric of the capacitor may be less than 1,000 k.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Keith W. Seitz, Thomas Marzano, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20190290921
    Abstract: A filter feedthrough for an AIMD includes ferrule with an insulator hermetically sealing a ferrule opening, both cooperatively separating a body fluid side from a device side. A first conductive pathway is hermetically sealed to and disposed through the insulator. A feedthrough capacitor is disposed on the device side and includes at least one active electrode plate disposed parallel and spaced from at least one ground electrode plate within a capacitor dielectric. A capacitor active metallization is electrically connected to the active electrode plate and is in non-electrically conductive relation with the ground electrode plate. A capacitor ground metallization is electrically connected to the ground electrode plate and is in non-electrically conductive relation with the active electrode plate. An anisotropic conductive layer is disposed on the device side. The anisotropic conductive layer electrically connects the capacitor active metallization to the first conductive pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Keith W. Seitz, Brian P. Hohl, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20190255319
    Abstract: A filtered feedthrough assembly for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes an insulator hermetically sealed to an opening of an electrically conductive ferrule. A ceramic reinforced metal composite of platinum and alumina (CRMC) material is disposed in an insulator via hole surrounding a substantially pure platinum fill. A capacitor disposed on the insulator device side has a capacitor dielectric with a dielectric constant k that is greater than 0 and less than 1000. Coming from the body fluid side to the device side of the AIMD, the capacitor is the first filter capacitor electrically connected to the substantially pure platinum fill. An active electrical connection electrically connects the substantially pure platinum fill to the capacitor active metallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20190192862
    Abstract: A feedthrough separates a body fluid side from a device side. A passageway is disposed through the feedthrough. A body fluid side leadwire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the body fluid side. A device side leadwire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the device side. The body fluid side leadwire is hermetically sealed to the feedthrough body and is not of the same material as the device side leadwire. A circuit board has an active via hole with a second end of the second leadwire residing therein. The circuit board has an active circuit trace that is electrically connectable to electronic circuits housed in an AIMD, and a circuit board ground metallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Keith W. Seitz, Thomas Marzano, Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Jason Woods, Richard L. Brendel, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 10272252
    Abstract: An insulative feedthrough attachable to an active implantable medical device includes a feedthrough body having a material which is both electrically insulative, biocompatible and separates a body fluid side from a device side. A passageway is disposed through the feedthrough body. A composite conductor is disposed within the passageway and has a body fluid side metallic wire electrically conductive to a device side metallic wire. The body fluid side metallic wire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the body fluid side. The device side metallic wire extends from a first end disposed inside the passageway to a second end on the device side. The body fluid side metallic wire is hermetically sealed to the feedthrough body. The body fluid side metallic wire is biocompatible and is not the same material as the device side metallic wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith W. Seitz, Thomas Marzano, Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Jason Woods, Richard L. Brendel, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20190102790
    Abstract: A method of reducing ad fraud for an Internet-based platform prevents advertising being shown to a user by any of the following steps: determining how many users of the plurality of users are associated with a particular IP address exceeding one or exceeding the number of authorized users; determining whether a screen of the user displaying the Internet-based platform is on, off or in screen saver mode; determining whether the Internet-based platform is currently being instantaneously displayed by the screen of the user; tracking a last time of a particular user input being a keyboard input, a mouse input or a touchscreen input which was made by the particular user; determining whether the user's electronic device has an accelerometer and whether a movement is occurring; determining whether the user's electronic device has a video camera and whether a movement is occurring in the electronic device from the video camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino