Patents by Inventor R. Bullock
R. Bullock 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: 11978869Abstract: A battery pack connection system includes a first battery pack, a second battery pack, and a battery receptacle. Each of the first and second battery packs includes a first guide slot, a second guide slot, and an electrical connector slot. The second battery pack has a power capacity and a width greater than the first battery pack. The battery receptacle defines an elongate passage sized and shaped to separately receive each of the first and second battery packs therein. The battery receptacle includes an electrical connector rail, a first guide rail sized and shaped to cooperatively engage the first guide slot of each of the first and second battery packs, and a second guide rail sized and shaped to cooperatively engage the second guide slot of each of the first and second battery packs.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, Seth B. Bullock, Billy Odon M. Yrad, Jr., Alex J. Wall, Tony Le, Scott Kruepke
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Patent number: 11970313Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pull handle assembly with a telescopic three-stage arm configuration defined by a stowed configuration, a partially extended configuration, and a fully extended configuration. In other examples, the insulating container further includes a wheel assembly with a pair of wheels mounted with one or two axles, and further including a wheel grommet for absorbing shock and cushioning the axle. In still other examples, the insulating container further includes a drain plug assembly on the rear sidewall adjacent to the bottom portion of the base, the drain plug assembly comprising a main tube that cooperatively engages with an outer tube with a plurality of ratchet teeth that engage one or more ratchet keys on the main tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Liza Morris, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Robert Secker, Dustin R. Bullock, Elizabeth Ruchte, Ryan Nixon, Derek G. Sullivan, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Erik Steven Larson, Lance Harrison, Michael Christopher Cieszko
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Patent number: 11958208Abstract: Power tools such as cutting saws with rotary powered blades are described. Also described are various accessories for tools used with cylindrical workpieces such as pipes are described. The accessories include a clamp and saw joint assembly, various quick connection assemblies between a saw and a clamping system, a plunge guide assembly, a latch plate assembly, an interlock switch, a blade guard system, and a chip management system or chip deflector. Also described are related methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Ridge Tool CompanyInventors: Robert Skrjanc, Seth B. Bullock, Glen R. Chartier, Katherine Hall, Scott Kruepke
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Publication number: 20240109851Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing MCL1 inhibitors or a salt thereof and related key intermediates.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Katrien Brak, Kae M. Bullock, Greg Cizio, Kathy Dao, Darryl D. Dixon, Joshua R. Dunetz, Luke D. Humphreys, Valerie Huynh, Michael A. Ischay, Trevor C. Johnson, Jeffrey E. Merit, Christopher S. Regens, Eric A. Standley, Dietrich P. Steinhuebel, Justin Y. Su, Tao Wu, Marshall D. Young
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Patent number: 11938483Abstract: Provided herein are an optical test platform and corresponding method of manufacturing the same. The test platform may include a shell defining a cavity for receiving a sample tube, a first aperture, and a second aperture. The first aperture and the second aperture of the shell may each be configured to optically couple the cavity with an exterior of the shell. The test platform may further include a first window and a second window embedded in the shell. The first window may seal a first aperture and the second window may seal a second aperture. The first window and second window may each permit the optical coupling of the cavity with the exterior of the shell. The first window and the second window may be optically coupled via the cavity, and the shell may prohibit optical coupling between the first window and the second window through the shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BIOMERIEUX, INC.Inventors: Jack R. Hoffmann, Jr., Gregory R. Maes, Jeffrey Edward Price, Jared Ian Bullock, Samuel B. Crandall, Jacky S. Yam, Christopher George Kocher, Walter J. Clynes
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Patent number: 11938650Abstract: Power tools such as cutting saws with rotary powered blades are described. Also described are various accessories for tools used with cylindrical workpieces such as pipes are described. The accessories include a clamp and saw joint assembly, various quick connection assemblies between a saw and a clamping system, a plunge guide assembly, a latch plate assembly, an interlock switch, a blade guard system, and a chip management system or chip deflector. Also described are related methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Ridge Tool CompanyInventors: Glen R. Chartier, Seth B. Bullock, Katherine Hall, Scott Kruepke, Robert Skrjanc
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Publication number: 20240025626Abstract: An insulating container can be configured hold a wine bottle or other bottles that includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell and inner shell may be integrally joined together to form an insulated double wall structure with a sealed vacuum cavity between the two shells. A compressible support member may be placed to between a bottom wall of the outer shell and a bottom wall of the inner shell to help form a planar bottom wall of the inner shell when the vacuum cavity is formed. The insulating container may further include a cylindrical elastomeric disc that is a similar size and shape as the inner bottom wall and is located on the inner bottom wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Alexander Munao
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Publication number: 20240025621Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of at least 1800 cubic centimeters that includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell and inner shell may be integrally joined together to form an insulated double wall structure with a sealed vacuum cavity between the two shells. A compressible support member may be placed to between a bottom wall of the outer shell and a bottom wall of the inner shell to help form a planar bottom wall of the inner shell when the vacuum cavity is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Steven M. Scott, Colby Brunet
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Publication number: 20240010396Abstract: A container is disclosed that has a base and a lid that is rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration. The lid may be secured to the base with a latch assembly. A latch assembly may have a locked position and an unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Colin Darling, Walter T. Blanchard
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Publication number: 20230397746Abstract: A leak resistant lid assembly for a beverage container where the lid assembly has a straw or similar means for a user to drink liquid is disclosed. The lid assembly may include a base, a straw that extends through the base, a gasket, and a grommet. The base may have a primary opening that receives the straw and a secondary opening in the top of the base, where the secondary opening acts as a vent to prevent a vacuum from occurring when drinking from a straw. The grommet may have a spiral ring may help create a flow path for air from inside the beverage container to the exterior environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Nicholas James Lombardi, William Drinkwater
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Publication number: 20230353529Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying electronic messages are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: (1) receiving a plurality of electronic messages; (2) assigning a first subset of the messages to a predefined group category based on a set of content-based clustering rules and content in respective bodies of the messages; (3) concurrently displaying a second subset of the messages and a cluster graphic corresponding to the predefined group category, where the cluster graphic includes a label that describes the predefined group category; (4) while concurrently displaying the second subset of electronic messages and the cluster graphic, receiving user selection of the cluster graphic; and (5) in response, displaying a plurality of messages in the predefined group category, including displaying at least one message from the first subset of messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Itamar Gilad, Thompson Alexander Ivor Gawley, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Jeroen Daniƫl Jillissen, Gregory R. Bullock, Kevin Smilak
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Publication number: 20230292943Abstract: A bowl may include an outer body having a bottom configured to support the bowl on a surface, a circular foot removably affixed to the bottom by mechanical means, adhesive, or friction fit, an inner body wherein the inner body is connected to an upper edge of the outer body wherein the upper edge of the outer body is welded to the lip of the inner body, and an internal cavity wherein the internal cavity is formed by the outer body and inner body, and wherein the internal cavity is insulative.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Kyle Ellison, Dustin R. Bullock, Colin Darling
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Patent number: 11738914Abstract: A container is disclosed that has a base and a lid that is rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration. The lid may be secured to the base with a latch assembly. A latch assembly may have a locked position and an unlocked position, where the latch assembly includes: a latch body pivotally connected to the lid, a latch button slidably connected with the latch body, the latch button having a latch button-locking member, a latch-locking arm pivotally connected to the latch body, and a latch-locking arm biasing member that exerts a rotational force on the latch-locking arm. When the latch assembly is moved to the locked position, the latch-locking arm may engage the base and rotate against the rotational force from the latch-locking arm causing the latch button to move against the linear force until the latch button-locking member engages the arm-locking member.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Colin Darling, Walter T. Blanchard
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Patent number: 11729131Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying electronic messages are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: (1) receiving a plurality of electronic messages; (2) assigning a first subset of the messages to a predefined group category based on a set of content-based clustering rules and content in respective bodies of the messages; (3) concurrently displaying a second subset of the messages and a cluster graphic corresponding to the predefined group category, where the cluster graphic includes a label that describes the predefined group category; (4) while concurrently displaying the second subset of electronic messages and the cluster graphic, receiving user selection of the cluster graphic; and (5) in response, displaying a plurality of messages in the predefined group category, including displaying at least one message from the first subset of messages.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Itamar Gilad, Thompson Alexander Ivor Gawley, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Jeroen Daniel Jillissen, Gregory R. Bullock, Kevin Smilak
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Patent number: 11712124Abstract: A leak resistant lid assembly for a beverage container where the lid assembly has a straw or similar means for a user to drink liquid is disclosed. The lid assembly may include a base, a straw that extends through the base, a gasket, and a grommet. The base may have a primary opening that receives the straw and a secondary opening in the top of the base, where the secondary opening acts as a vent to prevent a vacuum from occurring when drinking from a straw. The grommet may have a spiral ring may help create a flow path for air from inside the beverage container to the exterior environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Nicholas James Lombardi, William Drinkwater
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Patent number: D997650Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
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Patent number: D998256Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Kyle Edward Rogers, Dustin R. Bullock
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Patent number: D1005673Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, John Loudenslager, Paul Fair
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Patent number: D1022630Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Casey Lee, Colin Darling
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Patent number: D1023680Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Cody Jinkins, Liza Morris, Dustin R. Bullock