Patents by Inventor Pete Smith
Pete Smith 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: 12209792Abstract: A roll-up door assembly includes a first curtain, a second curtain, and a side frame. The first curtain and the second curtain can transition between a lowered position and a raised position. The first curtain and the second curtain at least partially define an internal volume in the lowered position. The side frame includes an elongated body defining a hollow interior, a pair of curtain tracks, a heating assembly, and an inlet assembly. The pair of curtain tracks can guide the first curtain and the second curtain between the lowered position and the raised position. The heating assembly can circulate heated air into the internal volume. The inlet assembly can provide fluid commination between the heating assembly and a lower temperature conditioned space such that the heating assembly can circulate air from the lower temperature conditioned space into the internal volume.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2024Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Jamison Door CompanyInventors: Curtis Berry, Pete Smith, Dan Rhyner
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Publication number: 20240255209Abstract: A roll-up door assembly includes a first curtain, a second curtain, and a side frame. The first curtain and the second curtain can transition between a lowered position and a raised position. The first curtain and the second curtain at least partially define an internal volume in the lowered position. The side frame includes an elongated body defining a hollow interior, a pair of curtain tracks, a heating assembly, and an inlet assembly. The pair of curtain tracks can guide the first curtain and the second curtain between the lowered position and the raised position. The heating assembly can circulate heated air into the internal volume. The inlet assembly can provide fluid commination between the heating assembly and a lower temperature conditioned space such that the heating assembly can circulate air from the lower temperature conditioned space into the internal volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Curtis Berry, Pete Smith, Dan Rhyner
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Patent number: 10844654Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill, where the corner keys each support a bottom end of a jamb. Each corner key includes a jamb-facing surface, a drain surface, and a sill-facing surface, the sill-facing surface extending between the jamb-facing surface and the drain surface. The corner key includes a chamber for collecting water therein and a drain port having an opening formed along the drain surface of the corner key, the drain port being in communication with the chamber for directing the water from the chamber out of the corner key.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: JELD-WEN, INC.Inventors: Pete Smith, Jacob Nelson, David Belau, Jerry Jones, Ryan Schroeder
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Patent number: 10464176Abstract: A tool is provided for removal and installation of a fire tube that extends into an opening in a wall of a heating vessel. The fire tube locates within an interior of the heating vessel when mounted thereto. The fire tube has a tube wall that defines a tube interior and has a mounting end for mounting the fire tube to the wall of the heating vessel. The tool has an elongated main shaft member having an insertion end and an opposite control end. A first support is mounted upon the insertion end that is configured for being closely received within the tube interior. A second support is mounted along the length of the main shaft member, the second support having a fire tube interface configured for engaging and releasably coupling to the mounting end of the fire tube. A lift coupling couples to the main shaft and locates between the second support and the control end of the main shaft member for coupling to a lift line.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: WTX Oil Fields Services, LLCInventors: Michael Smith, Pete Smith, Ramon Garza, Joe Sanchez
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Publication number: 20180345426Abstract: A tool is provided for removal and installation of a fire tube that extends into an opening in a wall of a heating vessel. The fire tube locates within an interior of the heating vessel when mounted thereto. The fire tube has tube wall that defines an tube interior and has a mounting end for mounting the fire tube to the wall of the heating vessel. The tool has an elongated main shaft member having an insertion end and an opposite control end. A first support is mounted upon the insertion end that is configured for being closely received within the tube interior. A second support is mounted along the length main shaft member, the second support having a fire tube interface configured for engaging and releasably coupling to the mounting end of the fire tube. A lift coupling couples to the main shaft and locates between the second support and the control end of the main shaft member for coupling to a lift line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Michael Smith, Pete Smith, Ramon Garza, Joe Sanchez
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Patent number: 8363201Abstract: A flexible, transparent electrode structure and a method of fabrication thereof are provided comprising a transparent electrode which may maintain electrical connectivity across a surface of a flexible substrate so that the substrate may flex without affecting the integrity of an electrical contact. The transparent electrode includes conductive nanowires that are coupled to the substrate through a conducting oxide layer. The conducting oxide layer effectively provides a template onto which the nanowires are deposited and serves to anchor the nanowires to the substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Shawn O'Rourke, Pete Smith
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Publication number: 20100028633Abstract: A flexible, transparent electrode structure and a method of fabrication thereof are provided comprising a transparent electrode which may maintain electrical connectivity across a surface of a flexible substrate so that the substrate may flex without affecting the integrity of an electrical contact. The transparent electrode includes conductive nanowires that are coupled to the substrate through a conducting oxide layer. The conducting oxide layer effectively provides a template onto which the nanowires are deposited and serves to anchor the nanowires to the substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a bodycorporate acting fInventors: Shawn O'Rourke, Pete Smith
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Patent number: 6739924Abstract: A remote controlled buoy includes a buoyant reel and an actuator. The buoyant reel includes connectivity for connecting the buoyant reel to the actuator. The actuator includes a releasing mechanism for releasing the buoyant reel from the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Inventors: Henry Jay Groen, Linwood Pete Smith
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Publication number: 20030015650Abstract: A light collecting and focusing device for an ultrasonic digitizer has a conical tip and an infrared transparent polycarbonate light pipe. Infrared signals received by the conical tip are optically coupled to the photodiode through the light pipe. This device allows the use of a single photo diode mounted on the digitizer for receiving infrared signals from emitters that are not in the direct line of sight with the photodiode. Furthermore, optical coupling between the source of the infrared signals and the photodiode is maintained regardless of the orientation of the digitizer about its access.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Joshua Clapper, Pete Smith
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Publication number: 20020135395Abstract: A system for testing a display device is disclosed. A base has a surface with at least four holes in it. The display device has two layers and a surface. The first layer is a semiconductor substrate. The second layer is a transparent material. The surface of the display device is coupled to the surface of the base at each of the at least four apertures. The holes are positioned relative to the display device such that gravitational forces on the display device are optimally counterbalanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Pete Smith, Ed Patterson, James Kilbride, Manuel Leyba
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Publication number: 20020067184Abstract: A test method and apparatus for liquid crystal display (LCD) devices, and in particular LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) display devices, to achieve a pass/fail determination based upon user-defined tolerances of the LCD devices. The test apparatus side-illuminates the LCD device to provide reliable pixel defect detection and uniformity measurement. The test method is adaptable for LCD devices that have light emitting devices (LEDs) integrated into the LCD or separated from the LCD. The side-illumination provides a gradient of brightness that is further discernable into red, green, and blue colors. A monochromatic image can be driven by the LEDs using one of two drive schemes. The first drive scheme illuminates a single color according to a monochrome test mode. The second drive scheme drive a white image with a single LED illuminated such that a monochromatic image results. A module can reorder the testing according to the rate of failures for each test.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: Three-Five Systems, Inc.Inventors: Pete Smith, Daniel Hoffman, Edward Douglass Patterson, Andrew R. Slater
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Patent number: D951178Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: PULSETECH PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Conor Miller, Austin Fox, Pete Smith, Feng-Yi Lin
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Patent number: D1015533Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: 623 MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Pete Smith, Theodore J. Mosler, Jonathan Lozevski, Eli Nichols