Patents by Inventor Michael Elam
Michael Elam 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).
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Publication number: 20250244217Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system includes features for adjusting the energy applied to an energy application tool to compensate for the physical characteristics or type of the object, and/or for orientation of the device relative to the horizontal during measurement. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, Robert Hayman, John Michael Elam
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Patent number: 12369846Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system includes features for adjusting the energy applied to an energy application tool to compensate for orientation of the device relative to the horizontal. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PERIMETRICS, INC.Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, John Michael Elam, Robert Hayman
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Publication number: 20250172823Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cantilevered and divergent view wearable optical systems that redirect an optical path, and provide for optimal ergonomics coupled with vision enhancement and vision magnification. Methods of use, devices, and kits are also contemplated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Timothy Richard Garofolo, Scott Clear, Dean Loock, Jungwoo Choi, John Michael Elam, David Lynn Devernoe
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Publication number: 20250164368Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system includes features for adjusting the energy applied to an energy application tool to compensate for the physical characteristics or type of the object, and/or for orientation of the device relative to the horizontal during measurement. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, Robert Hayman, John Michael Elam
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Patent number: 12257119Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system includes features for adjusting the energy applied to an energy application tool to compensate for the physical characteristics or type of the object, and/or for orientation of the device relative to the horizontal during measurement. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: PERIMETRICS, INC.Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, John Michael Elam, John Milligan
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Patent number: 12232521Abstract: Described is a hookah device. The hookah device includes a unique hookah head and consumable pod. The hookah head includes a bowl portion with a pod recess formed therein to receive a consumable pod. An electronic heating mechanism is positioned within the hookah head for heating the consumable pod. An air pathway is formed through the hookah head to introduce air into the consumable pod and direct smoke from the consumable pod into a hookah body. The consumable pod is similarly formed to fit within the hookah head. Further, the consumable pod includes a pod inlet and pod outlet for directing air through the pod and through the hookah device for inhalation.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: ADALSIA LIMITEDInventors: Artyom Khachatryan, Mikhail Broyan, John Michael Elam, Alexander Gilbert, Jackson Hedden, Frank Tyneski
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Publication number: 20250057329Abstract: Disclosed herein are portable cribs comprising a frame, fabric, and feet. The portable cribs described herein are easily collapsible, transportable, and deployable. In some embodiments, to deploy a collapsed, portable crib, fabric is coupled to the feet, the feet are coupled to the frame, and the fabric is pulled up and over the frame and secured to the frame. Portable cribs according the present disclosure may also include a mattress that may be coupled with the fabric at the bottom of a deployed crib. Also disclosed herein are portable crib systems comprising a portable crib and an accessory structure configured to be removably attached to the top of the portable crib. Accessory structures disclosed herein are collapsible and, thus, portable. Portable crib systems disclosed herein may also include accessories configured to attach to the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Grace Adele Rose BUDGETT, Ryan CHUCKEL, Cole Justin DERBY, John Michael ELAM, Daniel Kendall HARDEN, Lauren HISHINUMA, Aaron HITCHINS, Katie LEVESQUE, Tihomir LIPTAK, Logan ROSS, Thomas UNDERHILL
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Publication number: 20240423264Abstract: Described is a hookah device with various hookah components that provide an improvement over traditional hookah devices. The hookah device includes a heater head with a pivotally mounted controller housing that seals against a consumable pod to form a pair of airflow seals therebetween. An inductively heated heat plate is used, in conjunction with a pair of sensors, to precisely control the temperature of the heat plate and consumable pod. A vase is secured against the heater head using a load dispersing mechanism. The load dispersing mechanism secures the vase while dispersing a clamping pressure to preventing breakage thereof. The load dispersing mechanism also provides hanger hooks to secure a handle for directional control while carrying the hookah device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: ADALSIA LIMITEDInventors: RAVI KUMAR SAWHNEY, John Mark Vernon, John Michael Elam, Lance Gordon Hussey
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Publication number: 20240272055Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system does not include an external on/off switch or any remote on/off switching mechanism. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, John Michael Elam, Robert Hayman
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Publication number: 20240110740Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a device that may serve as a drink dispenser for beverage cans. The device may be shaped like a keg. The device may include a portion to contain, cool, and dispense the beverage cans and a portion to contain ice to provide cooling, as well as contain additional beverage containers. The device may include up to five tubes with each tube capable of containing up to four beverage containers in the form of cans. A dispensing mechanism may be located at the lower end of each tube to dispense the beverage cans form the device. The tube structure may provide for cooling of the beverage containers within each tube. The device may be portable and may have a cart that can be used for transportation of the device. The device may be detachable from the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: John Michael Elam, Camille van den Brande, Wayman Lee, Michael Makay, Jacobus M. Berkhout, Galen Eliason-Carey
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Patent number: 11918039Abstract: Described is a hookah device. The hookah device includes a unique hookah head and consumable pod. The hookah head includes a bowl portion with a pod recess formed therein to receive a consumable pod. An electronic heating mechanism is positioned within the hookah head for heating the consumable pod. An air pathway is formed through the hookah head to introduce air into the consumable pod and direct smoke from the consumable pod into a hookah body. The consumable pod is similarly formed to fit within the hookah head. Further, the consumable pod includes a pod inlet and pod outlet for directing air through the pod and through the hookah device for inhalation.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ADALSIA LIMITEDInventors: Artyom Khachatryan, Mikhail Broyan, John Michael Elam, Alexander Gilbert, Jackson Hedden, Frank Tyneski
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Publication number: 20240059473Abstract: The disclosure is directed to modular devices and systems for providing variable strength mixtures of fluids. A fluid combining device allows for the relative volume of a first liquid to be varied with respect to a total volume of fluid being delivered to a user (such as a combination of two or more liquids), which in turn changes the fluid ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: MIXXY PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Andrew DAWSON, Nicolas BELGUM, Benjamin MARTIN, Cole Justin DERBY, Alex Yuexing GAO, Lauren HISHINUMA, John Michael ELAM
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Patent number: 11906484Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system does not include an external on/off switch or any remote on/off switching mechanism. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PERIMETRICS, INC.Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, John Michael Elam, Robert Hayman
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Publication number: 20230380484Abstract: Described is a hookah device. The hookah device includes a unique hookah head and consumable pod. The hookah head includes a bowl portion with a pod recess formed therein to receive a consumable pod. An electronic heating mechanism is positioned within the hookah head for heating the consumable pod. An air pathway is formed through the hookah head to introduce air into the consumable pod and direct smoke from the consumable pod into a hookah body. The consumable pod is similarly formed to fit within the hookah head. Further, the consumable pod includes a pod inlet and pod outlet for directing air through the pod and through the hookah device for inhalation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: ADALSIA LIMITEDInventors: Artyom Khachatryan, Mikhail Broyan, John Michael Elam, Alexander Gilbert, Jackson Hedden, Frank Tyneski
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Patent number: 11825813Abstract: A system, comprising a harness configured to be releasably attached to a portion of an animal; a retractable leash assembly comprising at least one structural feature; a receptacle coupled with the harness, the receptacle comprising at least one structural feature; wherein the at least one structural feature of the retractable leash assembly is configured to be releasably mated with the at least one structural feature of the receptacle upon application of a force on the retractable leash assembly causing at least a portion of the retractable leash assembly to be releasably mated with the at least one structural feature of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Rollo Pet Company LLCInventor: John Michael Elam
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Publication number: 20230233855Abstract: Adjustable auricular nerve stimulation devices, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. A representative device for delivering an electrical signal to a subject includes a signal delivery element including at least two electrodes configured to deliver the electrical signal to a first portion of the subject’s ear. The device also includes a retention element configured to engage a second portion of the subject’s ear. The device further includes an adjustment mechanism permitting movement of the signal delivery element relative to the retention element to place the at least two electrodes in contact with the first portion of the subject’s ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Pankaj SUNKERI, Vivek K. SHARMA, John Michael ELAM, John VERNON, Ravi SAWHNEY, Lance HUSSEY, Eric CHAN, Lemeng SHAO
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Publication number: 20230157799Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The system includes features for adjusting the energy applied to an energy application tool to compensate for the physical characteristics or type of the object, and/or for orientation of the device relative to the horizontal during measurement. The system also includes a disposable feature or assembly for minimizing cross-contamination between tests. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets, John Michael Elam, John Milligan
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Patent number: D1033045Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Whipsaw, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Kendall Harden, John Michael Elam
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Patent number: D1069514Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Grupo GallegosInventors: Daniel Harden, Ariel David Turgel, Galen Eliason-Carey, John Michael Elam, Victoria Chiang
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Patent number: D1075136Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: ADALSIA LIMITEDInventors: Ravi Kumar Sawhney, Lance Gordon Hussey, John Mark Vernon, John Michael Elam, Christopher Dean Loock