Patents by Inventor Michael Richards

Michael Richards 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: 12623116
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing training opportunities based on data collected from monitoring a physiological parameter of persons engaged in physical activity. The physical activity can be a sporting activity, such as a contact sport (e.g., football, hockey, lacrosse) or a recreational activity or sport (e.g., biking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, motorsports). The system is configured with select components that perform a method of (i) recording data related to a physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity (e.g., an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport), (ii) analyzing the recorded data related to the physiological parameter while the person is engaged in a physical activity (e.g., is the received impact greater than a predetermined threshold), and (iii) providing post-physical activity analysis of the recorded data to make suggested changes in how the person engages in the physical activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Riddell, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Michael Richards, Jeff Chu, Richard Greenwald, Richard Bolander
  • Publication number: 20260055929
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes a jacket wall, a tank base disposed within the jacket wall, and a centering base disposed under the tank base. The jacket wall engages an outer portion of the centering base to form a substantially liquid tight seal, and the substantially liquid tight seal at least partially prevents a flowable insulating material from traveling in between the jacket wall and the centering base to an exterior of the jacket wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Applicant: Bradford White Corporation
    Inventors: Conlin Britton, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250347383
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed toward clamping assemblies that can be used to at least temporarily secure an object to a surfacer in a non-parallel arrangement. In at least one embodiment, a gimbal knob can be used that includes a gimbal joint able to receive a connecting bolt over a range of angles with respect to an axis of rotation of the gimbal knob. As the gimbal knob is rotated, the gimbal joint can pivot to receive the connecting bolt, and the connecting bolt can be pulled into a threaded receptacle of the gimbal joint. The gimbal knob can use a number of bearings to allow for pivoting of the threaded receptacle as necessary. Multiple gimbal knobs can be used to secure an object to a curved, irregular, or non-planar surface or other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Caryl McEndree, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250321023
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes a heat exchanger that draws heat from process air and delivers the heat to a heat exchange media. The heat exchanger has a polygonal cross-section defining a first area. The water heating appliance also includes a blower that delivers the process air through the heat exchanger. The water heating appliance further includes a funnel that directs the process air from the heat exchanger to the blower. The funnel manages an air pressure of the process air to be consistent within the heat exchanger, and the funnel regulates the air pressure of the process air to decrease evenly and consistently between a downstream surface of the heat exchanger and a port that directs the process air into the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250297776
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a heater that heats a fluid that is delivered to a fixture. First and second wall panels define a perimeter wall that extends around the heater. A first top panel is attached to the first wall panel and has a seat that partially defines a dividing edge. A second top panel is disposed on a second wall panel. The second top panel includes a mount that further defines the dividing edge. The mount engages the seat to define an enclosed position. The seat extends below the mount. The dividing edge defines a cutout portion. The fluid inlet and the fluid outlet pass through the cutout portion. The second top panel is separable from the first top panel and the wall panels define a minor access aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250297779
    Abstract: A water heating appliance that includes a fluid inlet that has an inlet retainer end, a fluid outlet that has an outlet retainer end, and a bracket that engages the inlet retainer end and the outlet retainer end. A rotational torque that is exerted on a threaded fastener of one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet is absorbed by the bracket and transferred from a torque receiving end proximate the threaded fastener and distributed through the bracket to a torque distributing portion of the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250297778
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes a heating system for heating a fluid from a fluid inlet. Front and rear wall panels cooperate to define a perimeter wall that extends around the heating system in a surrounding position. A junction box is externally visible with the plurality of wall panels. An attachment interface includes a sliding retainer of the front wall panel and a sliding receiver of the rear wall panel that form an interlocking attachment in the surrounding position. The front wall panel includes a junction box slot that extends around the junction box in the surrounding position. Vertical motion of the front wall panel separates the front wall panel from the rear wall panel and separates the junction box slot from the junction box and defines an open area for accessing at least the heating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20250297780
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes: a reservoir for storing water to be heated; a refrigerant path having a compressor that directs a thermal exchange media through the refrigerant path having an evaporator that absorbs heat from process air, an evaporator fan that directs the process air across a surface of the evaporator, and a condensing coil that delivers the heat to the reservoir; a temperature sensing system that monitors a temperature of the water to be heated and a surface temperature of the evaporator; and a controller in communication with the temperature sensing system and the evaporator fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: Bradford White Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards, John Adams
  • Publication number: 20250297777
    Abstract: A water heater includes a heat exchanger that absorbs heat from process air for delivery into a heat exchange media and that has an outer perimeter that defines a first dimension, a blower that selectively draws the process air through the heat exchanger, and a funnel that extends between the outer perimeter of the heat exchanger and the blower. The funnel includes a rounded port proximate the blower. The rounded port has an inner perimeter that defines a second dimension which is smaller than the first dimension. The funnel has an inner surface that maintains an air pressure of the process air to be generally consistent within the heat exchanger. A portion of the funnel forms a portion of a blower housing for the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards, Abhishek Sharma, Jeevan G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 12359845
    Abstract: A water heating appliance includes a heat exchanger that draws heat from process air and delivers the heat to a heat exchange media. The heat exchanger has a polygonal cross-section defining a first area. The water heating appliance also includes a blower that delivers the process air through the heat exchanger. The water heating appliance further includes a funnel that directs the process air from the heat exchanger to the blower. The funnel manages an air pressure of the process air to be consistent within the heat exchanger, and the funnel regulates the air pressure of the process air to decrease evenly and consistently between a downstream surface of the heat exchanger and a port that directs the process air into the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Bradford White Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Bultema, Benjamin De Jager, Michael Richards
  • Patent number: 12326986
    Abstract: A computer mouse includes a housing, one or more processors disposed in the housing, and a trackball and a scroll bar configured on a top side of the housing and controlled by the one or more processors. The scroll bar has a width that is at least twice a diameter of the scroll bar. The housing has a triangular shape defined by three corners and three sides, each of the three sides coupled to a corresponding two of the three corners. A center of the trackball is configured at a location between a center point of the top side of the housing and a first corner of the three corners. The scroll bar can be configured between the center point of the top side of the housing and a first side of the three sides, the first side being opposite the first corner of the three corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Donnacha Costello, Nicolas Jinkinson, Christophe Dayer, Nicolas Chauvin, Riccardo Chianella, Eoin McNally, Bayden Filleul, Jenni Toriseva, Greg Dizac, Michael Richards
  • Publication number: 20240248549
    Abstract: A computer mouse includes a housing, one or more processors disposed in the housing, and a trackball and a scroll bar configured on a top side of the housing and controlled by the one or more processors. The scroll bar has a width that is at least twice a diameter of the scroll bar. The housing has a triangular shape defined by three corners and three sides, each of the three sides coupled to a corresponding two of the three corners. A center of the trackball is configured at a location between a center point of the top side of the housing and a first corner of the three corners. The scroll bar can be configured between the center point of the top side of the housing and a first side of the three sides, the first side being opposite the first corner of the three corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Donnacha Costello, Nicolas Jinkinson, Christophe Dayer, Nicolas Chauvin, Riccardo Chianella, Eoin McNally, Bayden Filleul, Jenni Toriseva, Greg Dizac, Michael Richards
  • Patent number: 11672675
    Abstract: Prostheses include a terminal device, a back-lock mechanism, a wrist, a limb-socket, and a harness system. The terminal device can be a five-fingered mechanical hand that provides a releasable adaptive grasp, and has independently flexible fingers. The limb socket can be 3D printed using a molded model of a remnant limb. The harness strap can encircle an unaffected limb and is coupled to the terminal device with a cable so that a user can control the terminal device. The harness system can include a 3D printed harness ring that couples to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Victoria Hand Project
    Inventors: Nikolai Dechev, Joshua Coutts, Pranay Shrestha, Dirk Brussow, Michael Peirone, Kalonica Christie, Matt Treble, Andrea Chan, Michael Richards, Richard Knowlton
  • Publication number: 20220242610
    Abstract: A metal can with a monolithic laminated hermetic seal is provided. The lid and sidewall of a can each include a laminated layer bonded to an interior surface. The lid and sidewall of the can are rolled to form a double seam and mechanically seal the can. When the double seal is formed through the mechanical rolling process and before heating, a bi-laminate layer forms between the adjacent laminated interior surfaces. The bi-laminate layer is then heated, causing each laminate layer to melt and fuse with the adjacent laminate layer. This creates a monolithic laminate layer that fills gaps within the double seam to form a hermetic seal that is impervious to air, water, gas, liquids, and other fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alvin Widitora, Rowdy Holstine, Michael Richards, Phil Frisella
  • Publication number: 20210307443
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing training opportunities based on data collected from monitoring a physiological parameter of persons engaged in physical activity. The physical activity can be a sporting activity, such as a contact sport (e.g., football, hockey, lacrosse) or a recreational activity or sport (e.g., biking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, motorsports). The system is configured with select components that perform a method of (i) recording data related to a physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity (e.g., an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport), (ii) analyzing the recorded data related to the physiological parameter while the person is engaged in a physical activity (e.g., is the received impact greater than a predetermined threshold), and (iii) providing post-physical activity analysis of the recorded data to make suggested changes in how the person engages in the physical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Michael Richards, Jeff Chu, Richard Greenwald, Richard Bolander
  • Publication number: 20210275326
    Abstract: Prostheses include a terminal device, a back-lock mechanism, a wrist, a limb-socket, and a harness system. The terminal device can be a five-fingered mechanical hand that provides a releasable adaptive grasp, and has independently flexible fingers. The limb socket can be 3D printed using a molded model of a remnant limb. The harness strap can encircle an unaffected limb and is coupled to the terminal device with a cable so that a user can control the terminal device. The harness system can include a 3D printed harness ring that couples to the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Victoria Hand Project
    Inventors: Nikolai Dechev, Joshua Coutts, Pranay Shrestha, Dirk Brussow, Michael Peirone, Kalonica Christie, Matt Treble, Andrea Chan, Michael Richards, Richard Knowlton
  • Patent number: 11013620
    Abstract: Prostheses include a terminal device, a back-lock mechanism, a wrist, a limb-socket, and a harness system. The terminal device can be a five-fingered mechanical hand that provides a releasable adaptive grasp, and has independently flexible fingers. The limb socket can be 3D printed using a molded model of a remnant limb. The harness strap can encircle an unaffected limb and is coupled to the terminal device with a cable so that a user can control the terminal device. The harness system can include a 3D printed harness ring that couples to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Victoria Hand Project
    Inventors: Nikolai Dechev, Joshua Coutts, Pranay Shrestha, Dirk Brussow, Michael Peirone, Kalonica Christie, Matt Treble, Andrea Chan, Michael Richards, Richard Knowlton
  • Publication number: 20200188733
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing training opportunities based on data collected from monitoring a physiological parameter of persons engaged in physical activity. The physical activity can be a sporting activity, such as a contact sport (e.g., football, hockey, lacrosse) or a recreational activity or sport (e.g., biking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, motorsports). The system is configured with select components that perform a method of (i) recording data related to a physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity (e.g., an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport), (ii) analyzing the recorded data related to the physiological parameter while the person is engaged in a physical activity (e.g., is the received impact greater than a predetermined threshold), and (iii) providing post-physical activity analysis of the recorded data to make suggested changes in how the person engages in the physical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Michael Richards, Jeff Chu, Richard Greenwald, Richard Bolander
  • Patent number: 10137493
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for providing a container with a lining are provided. A lining element is displaced into the interior of the container and coupled to the interior surfaces of the container to substantially cover the interior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Alvin Widitora, Michael Gurka, Michael Richards, Dustin Lobner, Phil Frisella
  • Patent number: D1036445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Richards, Donnacha Costello, Nicolas Jinkinson, Riccardo Chianella, Eoin McNally, Bayden Filleul, Cathal Loughnane