Patents by Inventor R. Davis

R. Davis 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: 20200258335
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to enhanced access control features based on proximity between a portable electronic key and an electronic locking device. The portable electronic key receives first authentication information from an access administration device. Based on the portable electronic key being located within a threshold distance to the electronic locking device, the portable electronic key receives second authentication information from the access administration device. In some aspects, determining whether the key is located within the threshold distance to the electronic locking device comprises detecting a communication between the locking device and the portable electronic key. The portable electronic key may initiate an unlocking event at the electronic locking device based on the first authentication information and the second authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Paul R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10730414
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a child car seat comprised of a shell and an adjustable assembly including a headrest member and a backrest member mounted for sliding movement relative to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: EVENFLO COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian R. Pleiman, Andrew R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10726975
    Abstract: A coated electrical accessory includes a bare electrical accessory and a substantially inorganic and dried coating layer coating the bare electrical accessory. The coating layer includes a heat radiating agent and a binder. When the coated electrical accessory is tested in accordance with ANSI CI 19.4-2004 with an amount of imparted current, the coated electrical accessory exhibits an operating temperature that is less than an operating temperature of a bare electrical accessory tested in accordance with ANSI CI 19.4-2004 with the same amount of imparted current. Methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar, Srinivas Siripurapu, Cody R. Davis, Michael Christopher Wright
  • Patent number: 10724597
    Abstract: A torque impact mitigator including a housing assembly having a hydraulic cylinder. A piston is disposed within the hydraulic cylinder. A piston rod is mounted at a first end to the piston and having a second end extending out from the compression end. A compression spring is disposed between the piston and an end of the hydraulic cylinder. A rod clevis is secured to the second end of the piston rod. A plug is disposed within an upper end of the compression spring and having a bore extending therethrough to receive the piston rod. One or more bores are disposed through the piston to allow passage of hydraulic fluid into the hydraulic cylinder. A damper tube connecting the compression end and the rebound end of the hydraulic cylinder to direct the hydraulic fluid therethrough to further control the speed of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Truman R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200233895
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
  • Patent number: 10716745
    Abstract: A personal care composition is provided, comprising: a vehicle; a surfactant, wherein the surfactant includes at least one alkyl polyglucoside; a water-soluble cellulose ether base material substituted with a hydrophobic group having a carbon chain with 8 to 15 carbon atoms; wherein the water-soluble cellulose ether base material has a weight average molecular weight, Mw, of >800,000 Daltons; and wherein the personal care composition contains <0.01 wt % alkyl sulfate and <0.01 wt % alkyl ether sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Lyndsay M. Leal, Katherine R. Davis, Emmett M. Partain, III, Nikhil J. Fernandes, Eric P. Wasserman
  • Patent number: 10710175
    Abstract: An orbital drill includes a drilling portion, a shank portion, and a neck portion between the drilling portion and the shank portion. The drilling portion includes one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting into a material. The right-handed spiral flutes have a positive radial and axial rake angle. The drilling portion also includes one or more left-handed spiral flutes located rearward of the one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial and radial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting back out of the material and removing any material left in the hole, thereby eliminating a separate reaming operation. A method of machining a workpiece using the orbital drill is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Danny R. Davis, Stephen G. Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20200219216
    Abstract: The present invention allows a virtual online digital classroom to manage the audio and video streams of a teacher and students in a class. The teacher and students may start in a virtual “common room” where the teacher and students may all hear each other's audio and see each other's video streams. The teacher may move the students (and themselves) to two or more virtual breakout rooms. The teacher and/or students in a breakout room can only hear (and optionally only see) the teacher and/or the students in the same breakout room. In other words, the teacher and/or students in the breakout room cannot hear (and optionally cannot see) the teacher and/or students in the common room or in other breakout rooms. In preferred embodiments, the teacher may introduce different material to different breakout rooms and assess students during the breakout session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Davis, Eric Friedman, Mohamed Asif, Edoardo Giovanni Ferrara-Bardile, Gemma Artieda Gutierrez, Seth T. Ditchcreek
  • Patent number: 10702773
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method of providing an interactive avatar that reacts to a communication from a communicating party. Data from an avatar characteristic table is provided to an avatar action model, where the avatar characteristic table is a data structure stored on a computer-readable medium that includes values for a plurality of avatar personality characteristics. A communication with the avatar is received from the communicating party. A next state for the avatar is determined using the avatar action model, where the avatar action model determines the next state based on the data from the avatar characteristic table, a current state for the avatar, and the communication. The next state for the avatar is implemented, and the avatar characteristic table is updated based on the communication from the communicating party, where a subsequent state for the avatar is determined based on the updated avatar characteristic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Videx, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10694852
    Abstract: A movable seat such as for use with a gaming device is disclosed and described herein. An example chair includes a chair head assembly and a floorplate assembly. The example chair head assembly is movably affixed to a slide plate in the floorplate assembly to slide the chair head assembly along at least a portion of the floorplate assembly. An example floorplate assembly includes a slide plate and a floorplate. The example slide plate is arranged to receive a support member, and the example slide plate is movably affixed to the floorplate via a track opening along the floorplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Gary Platt Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Waller, Wendell R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10695050
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue repair device. The device includes a handle, a knob coupled to the handle, and a needle coupled to the handle. The needle includes a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including a slot, wherein a first anchor is housed within the distal end and a second anchor is housed within the slot and located proximal to the first anchor. An actuator disposed within the needle and operatively coupled to the knob, wherein advancement of the knob allows for engagement of the actuator with the first anchor and subsequent advancement of the first anchor via the actuator. A method of tissue repair is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard J. Bourque, William R. Davis, Scott Freedman
  • Publication number: 20200192935
    Abstract: Content items may be segmented and labeled by a theme to provide information, such as audio or video, with greater functionality, accuracy and speed. The segments and other related information may be stored and made accessible to users through, for example, a search service and/or an on-demand service. Also provided is automatic segmentation that may include any one of receiving a textual description of a content item, determining themes within the textual description, determining relevance intervals corresponding to terms of the theme, filtering and/or merging the relevance intervals, and determining a total interval for each theme that represents one or more contextually-coherent segments of the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Geetu Ambwani, Anthony R. Davis
  • Patent number: 10679738
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for identifying sections of medical documents that are suitable for automated medical coding. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more processors, the medical document, wherein the medical document comprises a plurality of sections. The method also may include determining, by the one or more processors and via application of a classification model to each section of the plurality of sections, codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections, wherein the codability indicia represents whether the respective section is suitable for automated medical coding. The method may include outputting, by the one or more processors, the respective codability indicia for each section of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kavita A. Ganesan, Brian J. Stankiewicz, David E. Yarowsky, Anna N. Rafferty, Michael A. Nossal, Anthony R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200173518
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a torque impact mitigator including a hydraulic cylinder having a compression end and a rebound end. A piston rod mounted to the piston and extends out from the hydraulic cylinder through the first end cap. A compression spring is compressed when the piston rod is moved out of the hydraulic cylinder and in a relaxed state when the piston rod is moved towards a second end cap. Bores through the piston allow the passage of hydraulic fluid from the rebound end to the compression end of the cylinder. A relief valve is secured to the piston within the rebound end to momentarily reduce the pressure of the hydraulic fluid caused by an instantaneous hydraulic pressure increase due to the initial movement of the piston from the rebound end to the compression end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Truman R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200173517
    Abstract: A torque impact mitigator including a housing assembly having a hydraulic cylinder. A piston is disposed within the hydraulic cylinder. A piston rod is mounted at a first end to the piston and having a second end extending out from the compression end. A compression spring is disposed between the piston and an end of the hydraulic cylinder. A rod clevis is secured to the second end of the piston rod. A plug is disposed within an upper end of the compression spring and having a bore extending therethrough to receive the piston rod. One or more bores are disposed through the piston to allow passage of hydraulic fluid into the hydraulic cylinder. A damper tube connecting the compression end and the rebound end of the hydraulic cylinder to direct the hydraulic fluid therethrough to further control the speed of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Truman R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200156162
    Abstract: An orbital drill includes a drilling portion, a shank portion, and a neck portion between the drilling portion and the shank portion. The drilling portion includes one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting into a material. The right-handed spiral flutes have a positive radial and axial rake angle. The drilling portion also includes one or more left-handed spiral flutes located rearward of the one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial and radial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting back out of the material and removing any material left in the hole, thereby eliminating a separate reaming operation. A method of machining a workpiece using the orbital drill is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Danny R. Davis, Stephen G. Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20200155439
    Abstract: A personal care composition is provided, comprising: a vehicle; a surfactant; a water-soluble cellulose ether base material substituted with a hydrophobic group having a carbon chain with 8 to 15 carbon atoms; wherein the water-soluble cellulose ether base material has a weight average molecular weight, Mw, of >800,000 Daltons; and, wherein the body wash formulation contains <0.01 wt % alkyl sulfate and <0.01 wt % alkyl ether sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Katherine R. Davis, Lyndsay M. Leal, Emmett M. Partain, III, Nikhil J. Fernandes, Eric P. Wasserman
  • Publication number: 20200146352
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Paul R. Vieira
  • Publication number: 20200138629
    Abstract: Intraocular drainage devices, intraocular implantation procedures, and inserter devices for intraocular implantation procedures are disclosure. A disclosed intraocular drainage device includes a tube having a distal end and a body disposed proximal to the tube. An inlet port is disposed on the distal end of the tube and configured to receive an influent fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye. An inlet fluid pathway is coupled to the inlet port and extends at least partially through the tube. A plurality of outlet fluid pathways extend at least partially through the body and branch from the inlet fluid pathway. A plurality of outlet ports are disposed on the body and coupled to the plurality of outlet fluid pathways. A disclosed inserter device for an ocular implantation procedure includes a handle, a needle, and a plunger. The needle is disposed on a distal end of the handle and configured to hold an intraocular drainage device. The plunger is coupled to the needle and disposed in the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Malik Y. KAHOOK, Joey TRAN, Patrick S. CHEN, Eric PORTEOUS, Daniel R. DAVIS, Nathan R. COLLINS, Nico J. SLABBER
  • Patent number: 10643461
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating to communication of authentication information in an access control system are disclosed. The authentication information is transmitted to an electronic locking device configured to restrict access to an entry point of the access control system. In various embodiments, a smart device comprises a light-emitting diode (LED) and a wireless networking radio for exchanging access control information with a remote server. The smart device may receive information from the remote server that configures the LED to present authentication information as an optical signal. According to various embodiments, the smart device may comprise a user interface display. Presentation of the authentication information may include rendering a webpage comprising a dynamic visual feature that changes visual content appearing on the user interface display so as to convey the authentication information as the optical signal emitted by the user interface display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Videx, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Davis