Patents by Inventor Mark Craig BRANNAN

Mark Craig BRANNAN 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).

  • Dispensing system with liquid level sensing and level-based actions
    Patent number: 11897754
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a container, a holder, and a signal processing module. The container includes a body configured to store a liquid and a conductive strip coupled to an outer surface of the body. The holder is configured to receive the container. The holder includes an electrical contact configured to contact the conductive strip when the container is received in the holder. The signal processing module is in electrical communication with the electrical contact. The signal processing module is configured to receive signals from the electrical contact to determine a level of liquid within the container body based on the signals when the container is received in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Elif Affan, Dirck Seynaeve, Nadezda Chakrova, Karel Pauwels, Edward Gilchrest, Andrew Bell Krystinik, Elana Rae Abrams, Alexander Borgestedt, Stanley Maurice Katz, Michael Cong Tao, Mark Craig Brannan
  • DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH LIQUID LEVEL SENSING AND LEVEL-BASED ACTIONS
    Publication number: 20220306446
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a container, a holder, and a signal processing module. The container includes a body configured to store a liquid and a conductive strip coupled to an outer surface of the body. The holder is configured to receive the container. The holder includes an electrical contact configured to contact the conductive strip when the container is received in the holder. The signal processing module is in electrical communication with the electrical contact. The signal processing module is configured to receive signals from the electrical contact to determine a level of liquid within the container body based on the signals when the container is received in the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Elif AFFAN, Dirck SEYNAEVE, Nadezda CHAKROVA, Karel PAUWELS, Edward GILCHREST, Andrew Bell KRYSTINIK, Elana Rae ABRAMS, Alexander BORGESTEDT, Stanley Maurice KATZ, Michael Cong Tao, Mark Craig Brannan
  • A MODULAR TOY SYSTEM WITH ELECTRONIC TOY MODULES
    Publication number: 20220118375
    Abstract: A modular toy system comprising a plurality of separate electronic toy modules, each electronic toy module comprising a function device operable to perform a user-perceptible function and a control circuit for controlling the function device; wherein at least a first electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules comprises a first control circuit, a first function device and a sensor system configured for contactless detection of respective coordinate values of at least two coordinates, each coordinate being indicative of a position or an orientation of at least a second electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules relative to the first electronic toy module; and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control operation of the first function device based on one or more of the detected coordinate values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Mark Ross CHAMPKINS, Silviu TOMA, Robert George MILNER, Simon Mark JORDAN, Simon John TURNER, Mark Craig BRANNAN, Martin Edward BROCK