Patents by Inventor Raymond Hawkins

Raymond Hawkins 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).

  • Patent number: 11959325
    Abstract: A device for a track- or rail-mounted closure drive assembly can include a lever and cam arrangement configured to drive an engagement member between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the engaged position allowing motor drive of a closure and the disengaged position disconnecting the drive from the motor to the closure; and a rotating body including one or more camming surfaces and one or more peripheral surfaces, the peripheral surfaces including visual indicia to indicate to a user an orientation of the one or more camming surfaces and hence whether the engagement member is in the engaged position or the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Automatic Technology (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventors: George Matthews, Raymond Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11911287
    Abstract: An intervertebral fusion device comprising inferior and superior fusion cage devices that provide an ability to correct spondylolisthesis via in-situ adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Hassan Serhan, Douglas Raymond, John Riley Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20230167680
    Abstract: The invention concerns an operator assembly for a movable barrier. The operator assembly includes a motor with a motor output shaft, an output drive to transfer drive to the movable barrier, and a transmission assembly to transfer drive from the motor output shaft to the output drive. The output drive is rotatable in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction, depending on whether the movable barrier is closing or opening. The output drive comprises a crown wheel rotatable about an output drive axis centre of rotation and having an outer face provided with a plurality of attachment points spaced from said centre of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Raymond Hawkins, Kanav Gupta, Travis Smith, Grant Nicholls
  • Publication number: 20230045412
    Abstract: A device for a track- or rail-mounted closure drive assembly can include a lever and cam arrangement configured to drive an engagement member between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the engaged position allowing motor drive of a closure and the disengaged position disconnecting the drive from the motor to the closure; and a rotating body including one or more camming surfaces and one or more peripheral surfaces, the peripheral surfaces including visual indicia to indicate to a user an orientation of the one or more camming surfaces and hence whether the engagement member is in the engaged position or the disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: George Matthews, Raymond Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20230013203
    Abstract: The invention provides an operator assembly for a movable barrier comprising a roller closure, the roller closure mounted on a rotating carrier assembly, the operator assembly including a motor with a motor output shaft, an output drive to transfer drive to the movable barrier, and a transmission assembly to transfer drive from the motor output shaft to the output drive, the output drive rotatable in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction, depending on whether the movable barrier is closing or opening, wherein the output drive comprises a rotating crown wheel with an outer face carrying a plurality of shaped attachment portions, each attachment portion configured to receive an output drive extension element to engage with a drum wheel comprised in said rotating carrier assembly, the operator assembly including at least one first output drive extension element of a first size and shape and at least one second output drive extension element of a second, different size and shape, each first an
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Raymond Hawkins, Kanav Gupta, Travis Smith, Grant Nicholls
  • Patent number: 11505982
    Abstract: A device for a closure drive assembly can include: a moveable trolley, the trolley configured for movement along a track or a rail under drive by a drive component to move a closure between an open position and a closed position, the trolley including a body having a guiding surface; a rotating body having one or more camming surfaces, rotation of the rotating body about a rotation axis being supported by the guiding surface; and a lever having a lever camming surface configured to engage with one or more of the camming surfaces of the rotating body, wherein the lever is associated with an engagement member such that rotation of the lever moves the lever camming surface along the one or more rotating body camming surfaces to displace the engagement member, and wherein the engagement member is arranged to provide selective engagement between the moveable trolley and the drive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: George Matthews, Raymond Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20220235597
    Abstract: A tensioning device for a door operating system includes a pulley carriage on which a pulley of the door operating system is mounted for rotation, the pulley carriage being movable relative to a track of the door operating system. The tensioning device further includes an adjuster configured to move the pulley carriage relative to the track and thereby alter a level of tension in a longitudinal drive component of the door operating system, the adjuster of the tensioning device being accessible from an end of the tensioning device facing a track operator end of the door operating system. The tensioning device also includes a resilient member operatively engaged with the adjuster, the resilient member configured to provide damping of forces experienced by the longitudinal drive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Raymond Hawkins, George Matthews
  • Publication number: 20210363784
    Abstract: The invention concerns a lock unit, comprising a lock assembly having a locking element and a drive receiving portion operatively associated with the locking element and a drive unit connected to the lock assembly, the drive unit having a motor and being configured to move the locking element of the lock assembly from a locked position to an unlocked position, the drive unit including a driving element that interfaces with the drive receiving portion of the lock assembly to move the locking element from the locked position to the unlocked position, wherein the drive unit is selectively separable from the lock assembly. The invention facilitates fitment of the lock assembly in position, provides a more compact and secure solution, and assists in regard to maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Raymond HAWKINS, Kane CLINTON
  • Patent number: 11043051
    Abstract: The present invention concerns method for enabling provision of temporary access to an area controlled by a network-connected endpoint device, the method including the steps of: enrolling an access partner in an account for the endpoint device maintained at an access server; receiving from the access partner at the access server, requests for temporary access to the endpoint device; and activating the requests with the endpoint device such that the access partner is provided with temporary access to the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Raymond Hawkins, Geoffrey Baker, Simon Ray Kelly, Zachary Colin Duthie
  • Publication number: 20210131162
    Abstract: A device for a closure drive assembly can include: a moveable trolley, the trolley configured for movement along a track or a rail under drive by a drive component to move a closure between an open position and a closed position, the trolley including a body having a guiding surface; a rotating body having one or more camming surfaces, rotation of the rotating body about a rotation axis being supported by the guiding surface; and a lever having a lever camming surface configured to engage with one or more of the camming surfaces of the rotating body, wherein the lever is associated with an engagement member such that rotation of the lever moves the lever camming surface along the one or more rotating body camming surfaces to displace the engagement member, and wherein the engagement member is arranged to provide selective engagement between the moveable trolley and the drive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: George Matthews, Raymond Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20200098215
    Abstract: The present invention concerns method for enabling provision of temporary access to an area controlled by a network-connected endpoint device, the method including the steps of: enrolling an access partner in an account for the endpoint device maintained at an access server; receiving from the access partner at the access server, requests for temporary access to the endpoint device; and activating the requests with the endpoint device such that the access partner is provided with temporary access to the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Hawkins, Geoffrey Baker, Simon Ray Kelly, Zachary Colin Duthie
  • Patent number: 10544624
    Abstract: A system for a closure lock comprises a battery-powered remote module with a lock mechanism for operating the lock, the remote module communicating with a base station coupled to a closure controller, the base station able to send lock control signals to the remote module to operate the lock. The module is arranged to have an operation mode and a non-operation mode, power consumption in the non-operation mode being lower than that in the operation mode, and is further configured to switch between the modes based on instructions from the base station. In the non-operation mode, the module maintains a communication link with the base station based on a pre-established synchronisation protocol. The invention provides reliability against interference between base station and remote module, whilst greatly limiting the power consumption of the remote module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventors: Geoffrey Baker, Raymond Hawkins, Serguei Pimenov
  • Publication number: 20170328130
    Abstract: A system for a closure lock comprises a battery-powered remote module with a lock mechanism for operating the lock, the remote module communicating with a base station coupled to a closure controller, the base station able to send lock control signals to the remote module to operate the lock. The module is arranged to have an operation mode and a non-operation mode, power consumption in the non-operation mode being lower than that in the operation mode, and is further configured to switch between the modes based on instructions from the base station. In the non-operation mode, the module maintains a communication link with the base station based on a pre-established synchronisation protocol. The invention provides reliability against interference between base station and remote module, whilst greatly limiting the power consumption of the remote module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Automatic Technology (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Geoffrey BAKER, Raymond HAWKINS, Serguei PIMENOV
  • Publication number: 20140056840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer comprising hindered primary amine groups bonded to the backbone of the polymer by way of an amide, ester, or thioester linkage. The polymer is particularly useful as an adjuvant, especially for isothiazolone, and as a dispersant and stain blocker in coatings formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Sudhakar Balijepalli, Douglas Raymond Hawkins, Kathleen Rising Manna, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera
  • Patent number: 7308926
    Abstract: A screen door that can be utilized in conjunction with an electronic garage door. The screen door can be attached or detached from the garage door and has the same size and shape as the garage door. The screen door runs up and down on its own set of tracks and has no power of its own to go up or down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Inventor: Raymond Hawkins
  • Patent number: D929846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AUTOMATIC TECHNOLOGY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Kane Clinton, Raymond Hawkins
  • Patent number: D946376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUTOMATIC TECHNOLOGY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Toan Dang, George Matthews, Travis Smith, Raymond Hawkins