Patents by Inventor Nicholas Michael Degnan

Nicholas Michael Degnan 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: 10324487
    Abstract: A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Fluidity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Edward Parazynski, Jeffrey William Bull, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Alina Mercedes Matson, Brandon Tran
  • Publication number: 20190041894
    Abstract: A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Edward Parazynski, Jeffrey William Bull, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Alinda Mercedes Matson, Brandon Tran
  • Publication number: 20190042003
    Abstract: A hand controller for commanding or controlling a target, such as a remote vehicle or a virtual target, includes a display mounted on a free end of a joystick for indicating graphically a direction of the remote vehicle from the hand controller and an orientation of the target relative to the hand controller's frame of reference, based on the location and orientation of the target received by the hand controller from the target and the location and orientation of the hand controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Edward Parazynski, Jeffrey William Bull, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Radley Angelo, Alina Mercedes Matson, Mike Lui
  • Patent number: 10198086
    Abstract: A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions). The controller includes a first control member is configured to be gripped in a user's single, second control member is disposed on or near a top end of the first member movable with at least one degree of freedom independently of the movement of the first control member, and a third control member positioned on the first member for displacement by one or more digits of the user's single hand and coupled with the second member to move in opposition to movement of the second control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Fluidity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Edward Parazynski, Jeffrey William Bull, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Alinda Mercedes Matson, Brandon Tran
  • Publication number: 20180356907
    Abstract: A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions). The controller includes a first control member is configured to be gripped in a user's single, second control member is disposed on or near a top end of the first member movable with at least one degree of freedom independently of the movement of the first control member, and a third control member positioned on the first member for displacement by one or more digits of the user's single hand and coupled with the second member to move in opposition to movement of the second control member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Edward Parazynski, Jeffrey William Bull, Nicholas Michael Degnan, Alinda Mercedes Matson, Brandon Tran
  • Patent number: 9889988
    Abstract: An apparatus for separately storing compostable material in a kitchen waste receptacle has a holder panel with an adjustable releasable attachment for suspending the apparatus in the waste receptacle and a cradle panel connected to the holder panel with a hinge, the cradle panel movable between a first position coplanar with the holder panel and a second position non-coplanar with the holder panel. The cradle panel includes a lock for releasably engaging the holder panel to maintain the cradle panel in the first position. A bag retainer seated in an aperture holds a compost bag, and the bag retainer positions the opening of the compost bag such that the opening is occluded when the cradle panel is in the first position, and the opening is clear when the cradle panel is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas Michael Degnan
  • Publication number: 20170121104
    Abstract: An apparatus for separately storing compostable material in a kitchen waste receptacle has a holder panel with an adjustable releasable attachment for suspending the apparatus in the waste receptacle and a cradle panel connected to the holder panel with a hinge, the cradle panel movable between a first position coplanar with the holder panel and a second position non-coplanar with the holder panel. The cradle panel includes a lock for releasably engaging the holder panel to maintain the cradle panel in the first position. A bag retainer seated in an aperture holds a compost bag, and the bag retainer positions the opening of the compost bag such that the opening is occluded when the cradle panel is in the first position, and the opening is clear when the cradle panel is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Nicholas Michael Degnan