Patents by Inventor R. Barnes

R. Barnes 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).

  • Publication number: 20240156482
    Abstract: A surgical device for cutting or shaving bone or tissue includes an outer housing having a collet secured to an inner peripheral surface thereof including one or more apertures defined therein. A housing includes an elongated tube extending therefrom configured to support a surgical tool at a distal end thereof. A gear assembly is disposed within the housing and is configured to drive the surgical tool, the gear assembly includes a drive gear housing selectively moveable within the housing to switch the gear assembly between an oscillation mode and a rotation mode for driving the surgical tool. A motor is operably coupled to the gear assembly, such that, upon activation thereof, the motor oscillates or rotates the surgical tool depending upon the position of the drive gear housing within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Haoran Li, Michael Vu, Mohamed S. Mohammed, Bret R. Hauser, Mahin Maharjan
  • Publication number: 20240115259
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first jaw (16) and a second jaw (618, 718, 900) that cooperate to clamp and staple tissue (90). The second jaw includes a jaw body (620, 720, 902) and a distal tip (619, 719, 906) pivotable relative to the jaw body between a first discrete and a second discrete position. First and second openings (663, 784, 785, 932, 934) are both defined by one of the distal tip or a structure (621, 920) located proximal to the distal tip. A projection (637, 781, 918) is defined by the other of the distal tip or the structure. The projection is positionable within the first opening (663, 785, 932) to releasably retain the distal tip in the first discrete position, and within the second opening (663, 784, 934) to releasably retain the distal tip in the second discrete position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven H. Nguyen, Nicolo Garbin, Megan M. Greenwood, Benjamin N. Barnes, Marcus P. Pantoja, David J. Salisbury, Weston S. Hirschfeld, Pierre R. Mesnil, Daniel V. Jones
  • Patent number: 11935342
    Abstract: Activation of an automatic driving feature in a vehicle is detected by evaluating sequential vehicle operation data against subtractive and additive heuristic rules that define a likelihood of an automatic driving feature having been engaged as a function of vehicle performance. The sequential vehicle operation data, which does not include an explicit indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged, is provided for time intervals of a trip made by the vehicle. Automatic driving information is generated, which provides an indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged during a subset of the time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Avinew, Inc.
    Inventors: William Anderson Barnes, Randall C. Adams, Daniel R. Peate, Steven Anthony Bentz, G. Edward Combs
  • Publication number: 20240083982
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include antibodies or fragments thereof having specificity to a sarbecovirus spike protein. Also provided are compositions, methods, and kits for using said antibodies or fragments thereof for preventing or treating, for example a coronavirus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Barry D. Olafson, Stephen L. Mayo, Pamela J. Bjorkman, Jost G. Vielmetter, Justin W. Chartron, Paul M. Chang, Stephanie C. Contreras, Jingzhou Wang, Aiden J. Aceves, Anthony P. West, Jr., Christopher O. Barnes, Jennifer R. Keeffe, Claudia A. Jette
  • Publication number: 20240032170
    Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Bryan R. Barnes, Prashant Chaturvedi, Christopher M. Green
  • Patent number: 11874077
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing an obstruction within a tube being cleaned and repetitively advancing and retracting a flexible high pressure fluid cleaning lance within the tube is disclosed. The apparatus monitors drive roller/belt position and actual hose position, compares the belt (expected travel) to hose position (travel) and generates a position difference, or mismatch. If the mismatch is above a predetermined level, the drive motor direction is reversed for a predetermined time interval, and forward operation restored after the predetermined time interval; and the sequence of repeating the reversing and restoring operations is continued until the position difference or mismatch no longer exceeds the predetermined difference threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: STONEAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Travis Watkins, Jeffery R. Barnes, Daniel Szabo, Cody R. Montoya
  • Publication number: 20230405646
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances through tubes penetrating a tube sheet of a heat exchanger tube sheet, includes a smart lance tractor drive, a controller, and a tumble box connected to the controller operable to generate and/or distribute electrical power to the AC induction sensor from an air pressure source, supply electrical power to the controller and distribute pneumatic power to pneumatic motors for positioning the tractor drive on the positioner frame. The smart tractor drive includes sensors for detection of mismatch between expected and actual lance positions, sense lance insertion distance and lance removal and provide automated drive reversal operation to remove blockages within tubes being cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph A. SCHNEIDER, Adam Christopher MARKHAM, Scott HOWELL, Daniel SZABO, Cody MONTOYA, Jeffery R. BARNES, Cooper HANLEY
  • Patent number: 11841068
    Abstract: A differential gearing device includes a base gearing device and an actuator. The base gearing device including a first gear connected to a first output of the differential gearing device, a second gear connected to a second output of the differential gearing device, differential gearing connected to each of the first gear and the second gear, and a clutch connected between the first gear and the second gear. The actuator actuates the clutch to change a torque bias ratio between the first gear and the second gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Desing, Noel R Barnes, II, Michael Kocevar
  • Patent number: 11825573
    Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Chaturvedi, Bryan R. Barnes, Christopher M. Green
  • Publication number: 20230349457
    Abstract: A differential gearing device includes a base gearing device and an actuator. The base gearing device including a first gear connected to a first output of the differential gearing device, a second gear connected to a second output of the differential gearing device, differential gearing connected to each of the first gear and the second gear, and a clutch connected between the first gear and the second gear. The actuator actuates the clutch to change a torque bias ratio between the first gear and the second gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick DESING, Noel R. BARNES, II, Michael KOCEVAR
  • Patent number: 11751303
    Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Chaturvedi, Bryan R. Barnes, Christopher M. Green
  • Patent number: 11738378
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances through tubes penetrating a tube sheet of a heat exchanger tube sheet, includes a smart lance tractor drive, a controller, and a tumble box connected to the controller operable to generate and/or distribute electrical power to the AC induction sensor from an air pressure source, supply electrical power to the controller and distribute pneumatic power to pneumatic motors for positioning the tractor drive on the positioner frame. The smart tractor drive includes sensors for detection of mismatch between expected and actual lance positions, sense lance insertion distance and lance removal and provide automated drive reversal operation to remove blockages within tubes being cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: STONEAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Schneider, Adam Christopher Markham, Scott Howell, Daniel Szabo, Cody Montoya, Jeffery R. Barnes, Cooper Hanley
  • Publication number: 20230102746
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances through tubes penetrating a tube sheet of a heat exchanger tube sheet, includes a smart lance tractor drive, a controller, and a tumble box connected to the controller operable to generate and/or distribute electrical power to the AC induction sensor from an air pressure source, supply electrical power to the controller and distribute pneumatic power to pneumatic motors for positioning the tractor drive on the positioner frame. The smart tractor drive includes sensors for detection of mismatch between expected and actual lance positions, sense lance insertion distance and lance removal and provide automated drive reversal operation to remove blockages within tubes being cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph A. SCHNEIDER, Adam Christopher MARKHAM, Scott HOWELL, Daniel SZABO, Cody MONTOYA, Jeffery R. BARNES, Cooper HANLEY
  • Publication number: 20230066356
    Abstract: In a chip-on-array approach, acoustic and electronic modules are separately formed. The acoustic stack is connected to one interposer, and the electronics are connected to another interposer. Different connection processes (e.g., using low temperature bonding for the acoustic stack and higher temperature-based interconnect for the electronics) may be used. This arrangement may allow for different pitches of the transducer elements and the I/O of the electronics by staggering vias in the interposers. The two interposers are then connected to form the chip-on-array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Baik Woo Lee, Stephen R. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20230021966
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a flexible lance hose into and out of tubes in a heat exchanger tube sheet includes a housing and an upper endless belt drive assembly and a lower endless belt drive assembly spaced apart by a gap for receiving a flexible lance hose therein. One of the drive assemblies is fixed to the housing. The other drive assembly is movable within the housing toward and away from the one endless belt drive assembly. The apparatus further includes a drive motor fastened to the housing configured to engage at least one of the upper and lower endless belts and drive a flexible lance hose disposed in the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffery R. BARNES, Cooper HANLEY, John L. KRAUSER, Daniel SZABO
  • Publication number: 20230028473
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing an obstruction within a tube being cleaned and repetitively advancing and retracting a flexible high pressure fluid cleaning lance within the tube is disclosed. The apparatus monitors drive roller/belt position and actual hose position, compares the belt (expected travel) to hose position (travel) and generates a position difference, or mismatch. If the mismatch is above a predetermined level, the drive motor direction is reversed for a predetermined time interval, and forward operation restored after the predetermined time interval; and the sequence of repeating the reversing and restoring operations is continued until the position difference or mismatch no longer exceeds the predetermined difference threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Travis WATKINS, Jeffery R. BARNES, Daniel SZABO, Cody R. MONTOYA
  • Publication number: 20230007744
    Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Chaturvedi, Bryan R. Barnes, Christopher M. Green
  • Patent number: D973695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Shilpa Sarode, Bryan R. Barnes
  • Patent number: D979462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BABY JOGGER, LLC
    Inventors: Adrienne Walters Pennington, Jason Wade Cardani, Corey R. Barnes, Alfredo David Carreno, Lea Marie Stewart, Matthew K. Waldburger, Sharon L. Griffiths
  • Patent number: D993269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Shilpa Sarode, Bryan R. Barnes