Patents by Inventor Mark Kniffin

Mark Kniffin 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).

  • Patent number: 8356861
    Abstract: An skirt having an upper portion and a lower portion covers at least components of a suspension of an active suspension seat, wherein the upper portion is coupled to an upper frame of the suspension and includes at least an upper front portion having a curved cross-section, and wherein the lower portion is coupled to a lower frame of the suspension and includes a lower front portion that has an upper edge and that has either a curved or L-shape cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kniffin, Robin S. Weeks
  • Patent number: 8282149
    Abstract: An active suspension seat is mounted to a floor of a vehicle with a floor plate having a lower portion through which is formed a first plurality of apertures positioned about the lower portion to correspond to the manner in which mounting features are positioned about the floor of the vehicle, and having an upper portion through which is formed a second plurality of apertures positioned about the upper portion to correspond to the manner in which apertures are positioned about a lower frame of the active suspension seat, and to enable the active suspension seat to be coupled to the floor plate by inserting fasteners through the second plurality of apertures from locations external to the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kniffin, Christopher P. Nute, Ian Ross Clark
  • Publication number: 20110181069
    Abstract: An active suspension seat is mounted to a floor of a vehicle with a floor plate having a lower portion through which is formed a first plurality of apertures positioned about the lower portion to correspond to the manner in which mounting features are positioned about the floor of the vehicle, and having an upper portion through which is formed a second plurality of apertures positioned about the upper portion to correspond to the manner in which apertures are positioned about a lower frame of the active suspension seat, and to enable the active suspension seat to be coupled to the floor plate by inserting fasteners through the second plurality of apertures from locations external to the lower frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Kniffin, Christopher P. Nute, Ian Ross Clark
  • Publication number: 20110181087
    Abstract: An skirt having an upper portion and a lower portion covers at least components of a suspension of an active suspension seat, wherein the upper portion is coupled to an upper frame of the suspension and includes at least an upper front portion having a curved cross-section, and wherein the lower portion is coupled to a lower frame of the suspension and includes a lower front portion that has an upper edge and that has either a curved or L-shape cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Kniffin, Robin S. Weeks
  • Patent number: 7535636
    Abstract: Selective reflective optical apparatus includes a projection screen. The projection screen has structure constructed and arranged to selectively reflect only incident optical energy of a predetermined number of narrow bands of optical wavelength regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Steve O'Dea, Mark Kniffin
  • Patent number: 7515336
    Abstract: A projection screen that includes a multilayer, multiband, single stack device that selectively reflects light with wavelengths in plurality of narrow wavelength bands, and methods for making the screen. The multilayer, multiband, single stack device may be an etalon device. The multiple layers may be deposited on a diffusing substrate. The projection screen may also include a polarizer that coacts with a projector. The projector polarizes the projected light in the narrow wavelength bands into the same polarity and the screen reflects the light with the same polarization and does not reflect light of another polarization. The polarizer may include substrate with a thin polarizing coating. The screen may include a matte surfaced diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Mark Kniffin, Stephen R. O'Dea
  • Publication number: 20070133088
    Abstract: Selective reflective optical apparatus includes a projection screen. The projection screen has structure constructed and arranged to selectively reflect only incident optical energy of a predetermined number of narrow bands of optical wavelength regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Steve O'Dea, Mark Kniffin
  • Publication number: 20050030480
    Abstract: Selective reflective optical apparatus includes a projection screen. The projection screen has structure constructed and arranged to selectively reflect only incident optical energy of a predetermined number of narrow bands of optical wavelength regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Steve O'Dea, Mark Kniffin
  • Patent number: 6847483
    Abstract: Selective reflective optical apparatus includes a projection screen. The projection screen has structure constructed and arranged to selectively reflect only incident optical energy of a predetermined number of narrow bands of optical wavelength regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Steve O'Dea, Mark Kniffin
  • Publication number: 20040233524
    Abstract: A projection screen that includes a multilayer, multiband, single stack device that selectively reflects light with wavelengths in plurality of narrow wavelength bands, and methods for making the screen. The multilayer, multiband, single stack device may be an etalon device. The multiple layers may be deposited on a diffusing substrate. The projection screen may also include a polarizer that coacts with a projector. The projector polarizes the projected light in the narrow wavelength bands into the same polarity and the screen reflects the light with the same polarization and does not reflect light of another polarization. The polarizer may include substrate with a thin polarizing coating. The screen may include a matte surfaced diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Mark Kniffin, Stephen R. O'Dea
  • Publication number: 20030117704
    Abstract: Selective reflective optical apparatus includes a projection screen. The projection screen has structure constructed and arranged to selectively reflect only incident optical energy of a predetermined number of narrow bands of optical wavelength regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Barret Lippey, Steve O'dea, Mark Kniffin
  • Patent number: D1006847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: William Richardson Jones, Colin Alexander Davis, John Stephen Lanier, Seth Edwards Allen, Michael Sussman, Michael Charles Johnson, Sean Johnson, Brad Edward Fiore, Mark Kniffin, Hian Kai Kwa, Christina Nicole Fong, Jonathan David Dix, Peter Sussman
  • Patent number: D1006848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: William Richardson Jones, Colin Alexander Davis, John Stephen Lanier, Seth Edwards Allen, Michael Sussman, Michael Charles Johnson, Sean Johnson, Brad Edward Fiore, Mark Kniffin, Hian Kai Kwa, Christina Nicole Fong, Jonathan David Dix, Peter Sussman, John Boezi, III