Patents by Inventor Patrick Truitt
Patrick Truitt 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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Patent number: 11950754Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a user-manipulatable handle coupled to the base, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter and the receiver. The controller controls the brushroll motor in a default mode wherein the brushroll is configured to run at a first percent of power on a first floor surface and a second percent of power on a second floor surface. The controller receives a communication from the user-controlled electronic device via the receiver and configured to cause the controller to turn off the default mode and run the brushroll at a third percent of power at both the first floor surface and the second floor surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Patrick Truitt, Todd Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20230054401Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a user-manipulatable handle coupled to the base, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter and the receiver. The controller controls the brushroll motor in a default mode wherein the brushroll is configured to run at a first percent of power on a first floor surface and a second percent of power on a second floor surface. The controller receives a communication from the user-controlled electronic device via the receiver and configured to cause the controller to turn off the default mode and run the brushroll at a third percent of power at both the first floor surface and the second floor surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Patrick Truitt, Todd Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20220399145Abstract: Quantum computing systems require methods to control energies of qubits and couplers for quantum operations. Flux biasing of qubits and quantum couplers is provided for a superconducting quantum computer using single-flux-quantum (SFQ) technology. This method is applicable to a wide range of superconducting qubit structures and couplers, including transmons, fluxoniums, flux qubits, phase qubits and other superconducting qubits. This method enables arbitrary-amplitude time-varying flux biasing of qubits and couplers, due to a sequence of high-speed SFQ pulses. Several preferred embodiments are disclosed which provide high-fidelity control of fast single-qubit and multi-qubit operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Alex F. Kirichenko, Amir Jafari-Salim, Patrick Truitt, Naveen Kumar Katam, Caleb Jordan, Oleg A. Mukhanov
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Patent number: 11503972Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter, the receiver, the brushroll sensor, and the floor sensor. The controller controls the brushroll motor. The controlling the brushroll motor includes controlling the brushroll motor to a first value or a second value based on a user selected factor.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Patrick Truitt, Todd Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11471017Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter, the receiver, the brushroll sensor, and the floor sensor. The controller controls the brushroll motor. The controlling the brushroll motor includes controlling the brushroll motor to a first value or a second value based on a user selected factor.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Patrick Truitt, Todd Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20220237495Abstract: The technology disclosed in this patent document can be implemented to combine quantum computing, classical qubit control/readout, and classical digital computing in a scalable computing system based on superconducting qubits and special interconnection designs for connecting hardware components within a multi-stage cryogenic system to provide fast communications between the quantum computing module and its controller while allowing efficient management of wiring with other modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Daniel Yohannes, Igor Vernik, Caleb Jordan, Patrick Truitt, Alex Kirichenko, Amir Jafari Salim, Naveen Katam, Oleg Mukhanov
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Publication number: 20220022709Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner operable to navigate about a surrounding environment to perform a surface cleaning operation without continuous human input. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. The suction motor and the fan assembly having an axis of rotation and a fan of the fan assembly rotatable about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is orientated horizontally. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow and the cyclonic separator includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator being orientated horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Publication number: 20220007912Abstract: A surface cleaner is disclosed having abase moveable along a surface and an operating component configured to perform a function of the cleaner. The surface cleaner includes a sensor configured to generate a signal based on the surface and a controller in communication with the sensor and the operating component. The controller is operable to convert the signal from a time domain to a frequency domain to generate a surface fingerprint. Furthermore, the controller is operable to control the operating component based on the surface fingerprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: TECHTRONIC FLOOR CARE TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Kevin TERRY, Patrick TRUITT
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Patent number: 11141032Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner operable to navigate about a surrounding environment to perform a surface cleaning operation without continuous human input. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. The suction motor and the fan assembly having an axis of rotation and a fan of the fan assembly rotatable about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is orientated horizontally. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow and the cyclonic separator includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator being orientated horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Publication number: 20190387942Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter, the receiver, the brushroll sensor, and the floor sensor. The controller controls the brushroll motor. The controlling the brushroll motor includes controlling the brushroll motor to a first value or a second value based on a user selected factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Patrick Truitt, Todd Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20190387940Abstract: A method of controlling a handheld vacuum cleaner (10) having a fluid flow path extending from a dirty air inlet (14) to a clean air outlet (18) is provided. The method includes measuring a pressure value of an airflow through the fluid flow path, and determining whether the pressure value exceeds a predetermined threshold, which is indicative of a clog within the fluid flow path. The method further includes alerting a user of the handheld vacuum cleaner (10) when the pressure value exceeds the predetermined threshold. Alerting the user includes transmitting an alert to a personal device (418) of the user and identifying to the user a plurality of possible clog locations along the fluid flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Patrick Truitt, Shadi Sumrain
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Publication number: 20190365177Abstract: A method of using an upright vacuum cleaner includes positioning a floor nozzle on a surface to be cleaned, measuring a first characteristic of a brushroll motor with a first sensor, and communicating the first characteristic with a controller. The method also includes comparing the first characteristic with a first threshold value stored by the controller, which is associated with determining if the floor nozzle is on a first cleaning surface or a second cleaning surface. The method further includes changing a suction motor between a first mode when feedback received by the first sensor is greater than the first threshold value, and a second mode when feedback received by the first sensor is less than the first threshold value. The method also includes operating the suction motor at a first speed while in the first mode, and at a second speed while in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Evan Gordon, Will Sebastian, Patrick Truitt, Shadi Sumrain
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Publication number: 20190090706Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner operable to navigate about a surrounding environment to perform a surface cleaning operation without continuous human input. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. The suction motor and the fan assembly having an axis of rotation and a fan of the fan assembly rotatable about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is orientated horizontally. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow and the cyclonic separator includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator being orientated horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Patent number: 10231588Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an outer housing and a separator assembly that is removably received by the autonomous vacuum cleaner. A portion of the separator assembly defines a portion of at least two walls of the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Patent number: 10136784Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an outer housing, a suction nozzle, and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. A fan of the fan assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the suction motor and the fan assembly. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow, the cyclonic separator located within the housing and includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall, and a dust bin in fluid communication with the debris outlet of the cyclonic separator, where the cyclonic separator is coaxial with the motor and fan assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Publication number: 20170280958Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an outer housing, a suction nozzle, and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. A fan of the fan assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the suction motor and the fan assembly. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow, the cyclonic separator located within the housing and includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall, and a dust bin in fluid communication with the debris outlet of the cyclonic separator, where the cyclonic separator is coaxial with the motor and fan assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Publication number: 20170273526Abstract: An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an outer housing and a separator assembly that is removably received by the autonomous vacuum cleaner. A portion of the separator assembly defines a portion of at least two walls of the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Alan Love, Sergey Makarov, Shadi Sumrain, Patrick Truitt
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Patent number: 9713692Abstract: A humidifier for use with a pressure support system. The humidifier includes a body having an inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. The outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. A back-flow preventing valve is positioned upstream of the fluid chamber. The back-flow preventing valve is movable between an open position, in which the inlet is unblocked, and a closed position in which the inlet is blocked. In the closed position, the back-flow preventing valve prevents fluid, fluid vapor, or both from entering the pressure support via the inlet to the humidifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: John Raymond Pujol, Patrick Truitt, Daniel R. Martin, Winslow Kevin Duff, Steven Adam Kimmel, Jeffrey Kepler, Peter Chi Fai Ho, Lance Ranard Busch, Jerome Matula, Jr., Drew A. Demangone, Anthony J. Bafile
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Publication number: 20170000305Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a base having a floor nozzle that defines a suction chamber, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, and a brushroll motor sensor configured to measure an electrical current used by the brushroll motor. The vacuum cleaner further includes a pressure sensor configured to measure an internal pressure within the vacuum cleaner, and a controller in communication with the brushroll motor sensor and the pressure sensor. The controller is operable to control an operating speed of the brushroll motor based on feedback received from the pressure sensor and the brushroll motor sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Evan Gordon, Will Sebastian, Patrick Truitt, Shadi Sumrain
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Publication number: 20150182721Abstract: A humidifier for use with a pressure support system. The humidifier includes a body having an inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. The outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. A back-flow preventing valve is positioned upstream of the fluid chamber. The back-flow preventing valve is movable between an open position, in which the inlet is unblocked, and a closed position in which the inlet is blocked. In the closed position, the back-flow preventing valve prevents fluid, fluid vapor, or both from entering the pressure support via the inlet to the humidifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: JOHN RAYMOND PUJOL, PATRICK TRUITT, DANIEL R. MARTIN, WINSLOW KEVIN DUFF, STEVEN ADAM KIMMEL, JEFFREY KEPLER, PETER CHI FAI HO, LANCE RANARD BUSCH, JEROME MATULA, JR., DREW A. DEMANGONE, ANTHONY J. BAFILE