Patents by Inventor Robert Brown

Robert Brown 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).

  • DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170146513
    Abstract: A diagnostic device is provided that comprises a light source for transmitting a light beam through a blood sample to a light detector, and a permanent magnet, wherein one of the permanent magnet and blood sample is automatically movable relative to the other between a “HIGH” magnetic state position and a “LOW” magnetic state position, such that a substantially high magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing any hemozoin in the blood sample to tend toward perpendicular orientation to the substantially magnetic field and the suppression, or enhancement of light based on its polarization, and a zero-to-near-zero magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing the randomization of any hemozoin in the blood sample and a baseline amount of light to pass through the blood sample in the “LOW” magnetic state position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Brian T. Grimberg, Robert Deissler, William Condit, Robert Brown, Jason Jones, Richard Bihary
  • SPRINKLER INSTALLATION TOOLS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170129081
    Abstract: Installation tools and methods for installing a sprinkler within an opening or through hole in a wall or ceiling of an area to be protected. The tools include a reference surface and a gauge to be contacted by a sprinkler frame. The reference surface locates the gauge to define an operative position for the sprinkler frame and its operational components within a through hole of a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Stevenson Connery, Jeffrey Martin Brighenti, Bharani Kannan, Manikandan Krishnaswamy, Kenneth Robert Brown, Joseph W. Beagen
  • Electromagnetic radiation decoupler
    Patent number: 9646241
    Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation decoupler for decoupling radiation in the wavelength range ?min to ?max. The decoupler has a first conductor layer in contact with a dielectric layer which comprises at least one area of absence and the thickness of the decoupler is less than ?min/4n, where n is the refractive index of the dielectric. The dielectric layer may be sandwiched between two conductor layers, one of which has the structure described above. The invention is also directed to methods of using and various articles comprising such a decoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: OMNI-ID CAYMAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Lawrence, Paul Richard Clarke, James Robert Brown, William Norman Damerell
  • Coat-in-place assemblies and methods to provide an aesthetically pleasing sprinkler assembly
    Patent number: 9616450
    Abstract: Coat-in-place assemblies and methods to provide an aesthetically pleasing sprinkler assembly. A coat-in-place assembly includes a sprinkler body having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a thermally responsive trigger disposed adjacent the distal portion; and an escutcheon centered about the distal portion of the sprinkler body to define a void between the sprinkler axis and the escutcheon. A coating-inhibiting-cap encloses and protects the thermally responsive trigger between the sprinkler body and the cap. The cap extends into the void and is radially spaced inward relative to the escutcheon so as expose surfaces of the escutcheon for coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Tyco Fire Products LP, Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Stevenson Connery, Jeffrey Martin Brighenti, Bharani Kannan, Manikandan Krishnaswamy, Kenneth Robert Brown, Joseph W. Beagen
  • Methods and Systems to Synchronize Vehicle Settings Via a Home Network Connection
    Publication number: 20170075366
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to synchronize a vehicle setting based on a home setting received from a home network. The processor is in communication with the home network via a transceiver. The processor is programmed to establish communication with the home network based on a vehicle start request, receive the home system setting from the home network if a vehicle location is less than a predefined distance, and synchronize one or more vehicle settings based on the home system setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chad Evert ESSELINK, Jason Robert BROWN, Rebecca Helen FARRER
  • Electromagnetic enhancement and decoupling
    Patent number: 9590306
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a substantially surface independent tagging system are disclosed. A resonant dielectric cavity is defined between upper and lower conducting layers, and closed at one end by a conducting base portion. Incident radiation couples into the cavity and is resonantly enhanced. An electronic device or tag paced at the edge of the cavity experiences a high electric field strength on account of this enhancement and is driven into operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OMNI-ID CAYMAN LIMITED
    Inventors: James Robert Brown, Christopher Robert Lawrence
  • Beacon synchronization between a client and a WiFi group owner
    Patent number: 9585144
    Abstract: Various approaches enable a computing device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet computer, etc.), serving as a client to inform a group owner (GO) of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group in a Wi-Fi Direct network or other such network regarding the timing of the group owner's beacon schedule. Advantageously, this synchronization of the beacon schedule between the client and the GO can enable improved throughput and latency of the client device when the client device is in concurrent mode (i.e., when the P2P client is connected to two networks such as a legacy Wi-Fi network with an AP and a P2P network with a GO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: King Shaw, Robert Brown
  • NEEDLE FREE INJECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170049967
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for needle free injection include a multi-use needle-free injection device comprising reversibly connected proximate and distal sections, wherein the proximate section comprises a power supply, actuator, circuitry and a housing, and the distal section comprises a disposable nozzle tip prefilled with an injectate, a chemical energetic device, and a dual seal piston barrier between the energetic device and the injectate, wherein the proximate and distal sections and their components are operably linked and configured for single-hand injecting of the injectate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: David Fouche, Michael Vestel, John P. Marlow, Mark A. Petrie, Robert A. Brown, Hilary Lackritz, Richard A. Hill, Donald English, Mark Nansen, Mark Hansen, Martin Martoza
  • Diagnostic devices and methods
    Patent number: 9575052
    Abstract: A diagnostic device is provided that comprises a light source for transmitting a light beam through a blood sample to a light detector, and a permanent magnet, wherein one of the permanent magnet and blood sample is automatically movable relative to the other between a “HIGH” magnetic state position and a “LOW” magnetic state position, such that a substantially high magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing any hemozoin in the blood sample to tend toward perpendicular orientation to the substantially magnetic field and the suppression, or enhancement of light based on its polarization, and a zero-to-near-zero magnetic field is applied to the blood sample causing the randomization of any hemozoin in the blood sample and a baseline amount of light to pass through the blood sample in the “LOW” magnetic state position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Brian T. Grimberg, Robert Deissler, William Condit, Robert Brown, Jason Jones, Richard Bihary
  • Butterfly bowtie
    Publication number: 20170020214
    Abstract: A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged moth in a manner that looks precise to the naked eye which a person can wear on one's neck or collar in the manner that one normally wears a bowtie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Brown Butler
  • External rib cage for an inflatable air duct
    Patent number: 9518756
    Abstract: An external suspension system for supporting an inflatable air duct includes a series of external hangers that help hold the duct open while the duct is deflated. In some embodiments, the suspension system supports the duct at a series of points that are broadly distributed in a staggered pattern across the duct, yet the entire duct can be suspended from a single overhead cable, even if the duct is a stepped tube with multiple diameters. The system includes novel ways of locking the hangers to the duct and to the overhead cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Kevin J. Gebke, Frank Heim, Michael A. Jacobson, Nicolas B. Paschke, Cary Pinkalla
  • Split path silencer
    Patent number: 9500108
    Abstract: A silencer having an outer shell with a first opening at a first end is configured with two flow paths and designed to attenuate sound waves. A tube is positioned within the outer shell, the tube having a first end and a second end forming a path through the interior of the silencer. A baffle is positioned between the inner tube and the outer shell to form a second path through the silencer. The first path may be longer than the second path. The sum of the cross-sectional areas of the first path and second path may be equal to the cross-sectional area of the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Flexible Metal, Inc.
    Inventor: William Robert Brown
  • Positive Locating Feature of OptiPort
    Publication number: 20160298404
    Abstract: A system and method for treating a portion of a wellbore that includes a bottom hole assembly (BHA) connected to a work string. The BHA includes a packing element movable between an unset position and a set position and a locator device movable between retracted position and expanded positions. The locator device may be a locator collet. The locator collet may be expanded by a cone movable with respect to the collet. The expanded locator device is configured to engage a profile in a ported tubular within the wellbore. The engagement between the locator device and the profile selectively prevents further movement of the BHA and provides an indication of the location the BHA. The packing element may then be actuated and the wellbore treated through a port in the ported tubular. The BHA may then be moved to a different ported housing to treat another portion of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Ian Beckett, Luis A. Castro, Christopher W. Thacker, Jason Harper, Marc Carriere, Leigh Thorne, Jeffrey Koch, Justin Reyes, Bradley Collas, Cory Casemore, David Luft, Orest Zolkavich, Derek Robert Brown
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-VEHICLE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TESTING
    Publication number: 20160283361
    Abstract: An apparatus may receive bus data from a vehicle, may receive removable media storing an application and settings, and may interface with an external test hardware device. The apparatus may include a processor programmed to set up the test hardware device in accordance with the settings, and execute the application using the bus data and the external test hardware devices as configured. The apparatus may also update an indicator associated with a device category of a connected test hardware device to indicate presence of the test hardware device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen ALEXANDER, Peter TREMAN, Jason Robert BROWN
  • Tire
    Patent number: D768059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Brown
  • Vehicle tire
    Patent number: D768561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Michelle Tackitt
  • Tire
    Patent number: D776608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, Robert Brown
  • Tire
    Patent number: D780101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Brown
  • Handheld flashlight
    Patent number: D785840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ENERGIZER BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Brown, Daniel Durbin, Kenny Wong, Siu Bong Ng
  • Handheld light
    Patent number: D785841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ENERGIZER BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Brown, Siu Bong Ng, Daniel Durbin, Kenny Wong