Patents by Inventor Richard E. Adams

Richard E. Adams 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: 20240135004
    Abstract: A system determines a baseline cyberthreat-risk score for a user, and displays the baseline cyberthreat-risk score via a user interface. The system presents at least one cyberthreat-education activity via the user interface, and receives, via the user interface, at least one user input associated with the presented at least one cyberthreat-education activity. The system generates an updated cyberthreat-risk score at least in part by updating the baseline cyberthreat-risk score based at least in part on the user input, and displays the updated cyberthreat-risk score via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chad E. Adams, Daniel Robert Caricato, Kahlidah B. Covington, Ashley Brook Godfrey, Christopher Wayne Howser, Nicola A. Maiorana, Nirali J. Patel, Richard Joseph Schroeder, Roger Daryll White
  • Patent number: 11931034
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an anvil and an elongate channel. The elongate channel includes a plurality of first electrical contacts and a plurality of electrical connectors comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein the electrical connectors are spring-biased such that a gap is maintained between the first electrical contacts and the second electrical contacts. The surgical instrument further includes a staple cartridge releasably attachable to the elongate channel, wherein the staple cartridge has a cartridge body comprising a plurality of staple cavities, a plurality of staples deployable from the staple cavities into the tissue, and a plurality of third electrical contacts, wherein the attachment of the staple cartridge to the elongate channel moves the electrical connectors causing the second electrical contacts to bridge the gap and become electrically coupled to the first electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Sol E. Posada, Mark D. Overmyer, Raymond E. Parfett, Brian D. Schings, Brett E. Swensgard, Richard L. Leimbach, Shane R. Adams, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kharyl Evenson George Stephens, Jason M. Rector
  • Patent number: 11914719
    Abstract: A system determines a baseline cyberthreat-risk score for a user, and displays the baseline cyberthreat-risk score via a user interface. The system presents at least one cyberthreat-education activity via the user interface, and receives, via the user interface, at least one user input associated with the presented at least one cyberthreat-education activity. The system generates an updated cyberthreat-risk score at least in part by updating the baseline cyberthreat-risk score based at least in part on the user input, and displays the updated cyberthreat-risk score via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Chad E. Adams, Daniel Robert Caricato, Kahlidah B. Covington, Ashley Brook Godfrey, Christopher Wayne Howser, Nicola A. Maiorana, Nirali J. Patel, Richard Joseph Schroeder, Roger Daryll White
  • Patent number: 4355713
    Abstract: Apparatus for lifting produce-filled cartons from an agricultural field. A main frame has a pickup device at its forward end, comprising a pair of rotating facing discs on two generally vertical converging planes with high friction faces for engaging the carton side walls. A gripping device behind the pickup device comprises a substantially coplanar pair of rotatable yieldable tired wheels facing each other and inclined rearwardly upwardly, the tires providing high friction surfaces for engaging the carton side walls. The gripping device is located so that it positively takes away the carton from the pickup device and supports it while conveying it rearwardly and upwardly to a conveyor means that moves the carton upwardly and rearwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Inventor: Richard E. Adam
  • Patent number: 4347493
    Abstract: A coil bobbin includes a spindle, a terminal retaining flange and a second flange extending from opposed ends of the spindle between which a coil of wire is wound. The terminal retaining flange includes two diametrically opposed slots which receive electrical terminals, one of the slots serving as a starting place for the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Adams, Richard W. Stafford
  • Patent number: 4335282
    Abstract: A free-floating shorting bar carries electrical contacts at opposed ends thereof. The shorting bar is actuated to open and close mating electrical contacts by a pair of axially indexable shafts in a manner whereby three electrical contact conditions are provided: (1) With both shafts indexed "out" a first set of contacts is closed and a second set is opened; (2) With both shafts indexed "in" the first set is open and the second set closed; and (3) When one shaft is indexed "out" and one "in", both sets of contacts are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Adams, Richard W. Stafford