Patents by Inventor Michael M. Itano

Michael M. Itano 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: 9763508
    Abstract: The tip assembly includes a base portion which is sufficiently rigid to be conveniently insertable onto and removable from a drive end of a motor for the applicator and a tip portion which is securely attached to the base portion either by casting or molding, and is sufficiently soft to provide comfortable contact with the skin, the tip portion having a concave front surface for receiving skin formulations which are applied to the skin, such as the facial skin, of a user during operation of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Richard A. Reishus, Michael M. Itano, Kenneth A. Pilcher
  • Publication number: 20100300479
    Abstract: The tip assembly includes a base portion which is sufficiently rigid to be conveniently insertable onto and removable from a drive end of a motor for the applicator and a tip portion which is securely attached to the base portion either by casting or molding, and is sufficiently soft to provide comfortable contact with the skin, the tip portion having a concave front surface for receiving skin formulations which are applied to the skin, such as the facial skin, of a user during operation of the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Reishus, Michael M. Itano, Kenneth A. Pilcher
  • Patent number: 7025239
    Abstract: A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fiber optic connector and has a stop proximate to the inward end of an opening to engaged the ferrule distal end. The alignment member is quickly interchangeable with another sized and arranged to handle the ferrule of a different type or size connector. The opening is sized to receive ferrule with an optical fiber to be cleaved, and permits the fiber to extend inward beyond the inward end of the opening and into the housing internal chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, Harley B. Lang, III, Thomas J. Luenow, Patrick S. McNutt, Michael S. Silbaugh
  • Patent number: 6786776
    Abstract: A connector jack having a body with a receptacle to receive a plug, a circuit board, and contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has an end attached to the circuit board and a free end, and is moved in response to contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack includes resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force to increase contact force and tine resiliency. A tine contact portion has a pair of lateral members that receive a spring engagement portion therebetween and has a recess in which the spring engagement portion is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
  • Publication number: 20040127105
    Abstract: A connector jack having a body with a receptacle to receive a plug, a circuit board, and contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has an end attached to the circuit board and a free end, and is moved in response to contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack includes resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force to increase contact force and tine resiliency. A tine contact portion has a pair of lateral members that receive a spring engagement portion therebetween and has a recess in which the spring engagement portion is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
  • Publication number: 20040099121
    Abstract: A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fiber optic connector and has a stop proximate to the inward end of an opening to engaged the ferrule distal end. The alignment member is quickly interchangeable with another sized and arranged to handle the ferrule of a different type or size connector. The opening is sized to receive ferrule with an optical fiber to be cleaved, and permits the fiber to extend inward beyond the inward end of the opening and into the housing internal chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, Harley B. Lang,, Thomas J. Luenow, Patrick S. McNutt, Michael S. Silbaugh
  • Patent number: 6641443
    Abstract: A connector jack usable with a plug having a plurality of plug contacts. The jack includes a body having a receptacle sized and configured to receive the plug therein, a circuit board, and a plurality of contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has a first end fixedly attached to the circuit board and a second free end, and is positioned in the receptacle for contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts and moved in response thereto in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force thereon to increase contact force and tine resiliency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
  • Patent number: D511325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, John M. Redfield
  • Patent number: D492175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Leviton Manfacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Michael M. Itano
  • Patent number: D492559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Michael M. Itano
  • Patent number: RE41699
    Abstract: A connector jack usable with a plug having a plurality of plug contacts. The jack includes a body having a receptacle sized and configured to receive the plug therein, a circuit board, and a plurality of contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has a first end fixedly attached to the circuit board and a second free end, and is positioned in the receptacle for contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts and moved in response thereto in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force thereto to increase contact force and tine resiliency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
  • Patent number: D679502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: L'Oreal SA
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, Richard A. Reishus, Kenneth A. Pilcher
  • Patent number: D683139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin E. Chikos, Richard A. Reishus, Travis Hosler, Michael M. Itano
  • Patent number: D861167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ulthera, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Emery, Brian Lee Prout, Jessica A. Newhard, Alexander Michael Diener, Spencer Michael Denton, Kristin Marie Will, Luke David Springer, Cameron Andrew Harder, Byron A. Meseroll, Daniel S. Davidson, Michael M. Itano, Andrew Nelson Wood
  • Patent number: D903876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ulthera, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Emery, Brian Lee Prout, Jessica A. Newhard, Alexander Michael Diener, Spencer Michael Denton, Kristin Marie Will, Luke David Springer, Eben Roy Sargent, Daniel S. Davidson, Byron A. Meseroll, Michael M. Itano