Patents by Inventor Robert Boyer

Robert Boyer 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: 12251066
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes in part a controllably-movable sprayer and a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more utensils disposed in a wash tub during a wash cycle. The controller is also configured to control the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid onto one or more walls of the wash tub by controllably-redirecting the controllably-movable sprayer to reorient one or more apertures of the sprayer away from the one or more utensils and towards the one or more walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz
  • Patent number: 12239272
    Abstract: A single cavity dishwashing appliance with one or more drawers is disclosed. The drawer may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. A drip shield may be provided to prevent washing fluid from dripping onto the floor or onto the inner components of the dishwashing appliance when the drawer is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert M. Digman, Eric Scalf, Bassam Fawaz, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20250032202
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods involve a robotic arm with a first mounting portion that releasably receives a sterile barrier assembly and a second mounting portion associated with a surgical component. An illumination device is coupled to the robotic arm. Controller(s) detect, using one or more sensors, a condition associated with installation of one or more of the sterile barrier assembly and the second mounting portion to the first mounting portion. The controller(s) control the illumination device to indicate the condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto, Christopher Wayne Jones
  • Patent number: 12209398
    Abstract: A smart shower sensor configured to be fluidly coupled to a showerhead. The smart shower sensor is configured to provide notifications and/or transmit notifications to other smart devices based on, for example, water temperature and/or water usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: Bradley E. Boyer, Joshua Drew Wales, Nathan Sickler, Kyle Robert Davidson
  • Publication number: 20250025645
    Abstract: Methods for filling a prescription are provided. In some instances, a method for filling a prescription includes providing a housing and a locking cap. The locking cap is configured to be fixedly secured to the housing, a first member of the locking cap is configured to threadedly engage the housing, the locking cap is configured to be fixedly secured to the housing via a plurality of latching members of the first member of the locking cap, and the plurality of latching members are configured to encase a lip of the housing. The method for filling the prescription further includes filling, by an authorized user, the housing with a substance; receiving a unique identifier associated with an intended user; and coupling, by the authorized user, the housing and the locking cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Boyer, Christy Corey, Richard Cronenberg, John Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 12186096
    Abstract: A substance dispensing apparatus comprises a housing for handheld use and a mouthpiece coupled to the housing. The housing comprises a biometric sensor and a cavity sized to receive a reservoir. The mouthpiece comprises a recess and a capacitive sensor array. The apparatus further comprises a pump coupled to the mouthpiece and couplable to the reservoir and comprises a processor in communication with the biometric sensor, capacitive sensor array, and pump. The processor is configured to cause the pump to automatically dispense a substance from the reservoir to a mouth of an intended user via the mouthpiece in response to determining that: a unique biometric attribute of the intended user is detected by the biometric sensor based on biometric data from the biometric sensor; and a unique dentition of the intended user is positioned within the recess of the mouthpiece based on dentition data from the capacitive sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Berkshire Biomedical, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Rouse, Susan B. Owen, Christy Corey, Carlton Chow, Michael Turi, Larry Bischoff, Steven Hartman, Robert Boyer, Richard Cronenberg, Michael Quinn, James Lynch
  • Patent number: 12092486
    Abstract: A flow gauge scale assembly includes a first scale and a second scale. The first scale is configured to be disposed in a first radial position on a generally cylindrical flow tube through which a ball can move to indicate a flow rate of a flow of gas. The second scale is configured to be disposed in a second radial position that will be at least partially optically misaligned from the first scale when the flow gauge scale assembly is installed in the generally cylindrical flow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: THE ESAB GROUP INC.
    Inventor: Robert Boyer
  • Patent number: 12048804
    Abstract: Methods of securely dispensing a substance to an intended user are provided. In some instances, a method of securely dispensing a substance to an intended user includes moving a valve of a locking cap fixedly secured to a housing containing the substance to an open state that allows the substance to be dispensed from the housing to the intended user; determining that a unique biometric attribute of the intended user is detected; and dispensing the substance from the housing to the intended user in response to determining that the unique biometric attribute of the intended user is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Berkshire Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Boyer, Christy Corey, Richard Cronenberg, John Kirkpatrick
  • Publication number: 20240169057
    Abstract: A method or a system accesses an envelope stored in a first database. The envelope includes a set of secure electronic documents, a workflow of tasks, and one or more events associated with the tasks. The system also accesses a second database that stores a credential of an entity associated with the envelope. In response to authenticating the credential, the system receives and caches an access token in a third database. Further, the system monitors the events associated with the tasks in the workflow. In response to detecting an occurrence of at least one event, the system generates and sends a message with the cached access token to a webhook listener. After authentication of the entity using the access token, the webhook listener is caused to generate and send a notification to an administrator of the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Radu Marin, Ketan Ratnakar Bhave, Gorkem Yakin, Robert Boyer, Alan Gene Roza, David Wilson, Dennis Jay Dole
  • Publication number: 20230225947
    Abstract: A dosage unit dispenser cap in communication with a biometric sensing module is disclosed. The dosage unit dispenser cap includes a housing adapted to mate with a standard prescription dram vial, a dispensing port, and a computer processor. A dosage unit dispenser system including the dosage unit dispenser cap and the standard prescription dram vial is also disclosed. A system for patient treatment and monitoring including the dosage unit dispenser cap in communication with the biometric sensing module, a central database, and a dispensing system platform is also disclosed. A method of facilitating distribution of a dosage unit by providing the dosage unit dispenser cap is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: David Zuleta, Tim Fensterer, Jordan Shoemake, Justin Niemeier, Alexander Gorshkov, Robert Boyer
  • Publication number: 20230184570
    Abstract: A flow gauge scale assembly includes a first scale and a second scale. The first scale is configured to be disposed in a first radial position on a generally cylindrical flow tube through which a ball can move to indicate a flow rate of a flow of gas. The second scale is configured to be disposed in a second radial position that will be at least partially optically misaligned from the first scale when the flow gauge scale assembly is installed in the generally cylindrical flow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Boyer
  • Publication number: 20230063065
    Abstract: An outlet assembly for hybrid pressure and flow regulation includes a first orifice of a first size, a second orifice of a second size that is larger than the first size, and a mechanism that automatically moves the first orifice between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the first orifice is in the first position, the flow of gas passes through the first orifice, which regulates a flow rate of the flow of gas through the second orifice. When the first orifice is in the second position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a first specific flow rate. When the first orifice is in the third position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a second specific flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Boyer
  • Publication number: 20220386956
    Abstract: A substance dispensing apparatus comprises a housing for handheld use and a mouthpiece coupled to the housing. The housing comprises a biometric sensor and a cavity sized to receive a reservoir. The mouthpiece comprises a recess and a capacitive sensor array. The apparatus further comprises a pump coupled to the mouthpiece and couplable to the reservoir and comprises a processor in communication with the biometric sensor, capacitive sensor array, and pump. The processor is configured to cause the pump to automatically dispense a substance from the reservoir to a mouth of an intended user via the mouthpiece in response to determining that: a unique biometric attribute of the intended user is detected by the biometric sensor based on biometric data from the biometric sensor; and a unique dentition of the intended user is positioned within the recess of the mouthpiece based on dentition data from the capacitive sensor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas M. Rouse, Susan B. Owen, Christy Corey, Carlton Chow, Michael Turi, Larry Bischoff, Steven Hartman, Robert Boyer, Richard Cronenberg, Michael Quinn, James Lynch
  • Patent number: 11412983
    Abstract: Computerized oral prescription administration with refillable medication dispensing devices and associated systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method of dispensing a substance to an intended user is provided. The method comprises receiving an input from a biometric sensor; determining, based on the received input, whether an intended user's unique biometric attribute is detected by the biometric sensor; receiving an input from an environmental sensor; determining, based on the received input, whether a mouthpiece is positioned within a user's mouth; receiving an input from a capacitive sensor array of the mouthpiece; determining, based on the received input, whether an intended user's unique dentition is positioned within a recess of the mouthpiece; and dispensing a substance from a reservoir to a mouth of the intended user in response to determining that the intended user's unique biometric attribute is detected by the biometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: BERKSHIRE BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas M. Rouse, Susan B. Owen, Christy Corey, Carlton Chow, Michael Turi, Larry Bischoff, Steven Hartman, Robert Boyer, Richard Cronenberg, Michael Quinn, James Lynch
  • Patent number: 11266573
    Abstract: A system for medication delivery comprises a package containing a medication and a dosing device for delivering a dose of the medication, formulated as a multiparticulate, microspheres, a powder or a liquid. The package comprises a bottle, a bottle insert that covers a bottle opening and includes a dispense nozzle. The dispense nozzle is sealed using a valve that opens when the dosing device is engaged with the bottle. A closure covers the bottle insert and closes the bottle. The dosing device, similar to an oral syringe, comprises a barrel with a valve at a distal end of the barrel, a plunger and a dose control clip for attachment to the plunger. After the dosing device is connected to, the valve of the dispense nozzle, withdrawal of the plunger causes the dosing device to receive the dose of the medication, a user pushes the plunger which pushes the medication through the valve of the barrel and into a patient's mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SYMPFINY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Alexander Gorshkov, Richard Cronenberg, Tor Alden, Robert Boyer
  • Patent number: 11261831
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including a cleat receptacle at a back side of the assembly and a cover including a cleat at the back side. The assembly further includes guide features arranged at a front side of the assembly. The guide feature are designed to contact one another continuously and guide the cover rearward, from an unseated position to a fully seated position where the cleat is seated within the cleat receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • Patent number: 11236712
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including two cleat receptacles spaced apart from one another at a back side of the assembly and a cover including two cleats at the back side, each of the two cleats adapted to seat within one of the two cleat receptacles. The assembly further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the tray, between the two cleat receptacles. The mounting bracket includes a guide rib extending outward from the mounting bracket, toward the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210299359
    Abstract: The disclosure provides driver components, systems and drive methods that facilitate improved dose setting, correcting, and/or dispensing in a multiple use pen-type injection device. In particular, various novel braking systems are disclosed that can be implemented within pen-type injection devices to achieve such improvements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael QUINN, Richard CRONENBERG, Robert BOYER, Alexander GORSHKOV
  • Patent number: 11079776
    Abstract: A gauge for a hybrid pressure and flowgauge regulator includes first indicia and second indicia. The first indicia provides an indication of a flow rate of a gas exiting an outlet of the hybrid pressure and flowgauge regulator when the gas exits with a pressure below a gauge threshold pressure. The second indicia provides an indication of the pressure of the gas exiting the outlet of the hybrid pressure and flowgauge regulator when the pressure of the gas exiting the outlet is above the gauge threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: THE ESAB GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Robert Boyer, John Henderson
  • Patent number: D1009659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE ESAB GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Boyer