Patents by Inventor Robert Dean JOHNSTON

Robert Dean JOHNSTON 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: 20240032860
    Abstract: A bed senses inter-sleep-session changes in bodyweight of a subject. A computer system can be configured to: receive weight readings; determine, using the weight readings, user presence in a bed; identify, using the user presence, sleep sessions for the user; and generate, using the weight readings and for a given sleep session, weight change data that records a change of weight by the user through the sleep session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Megha Rajam Rao, Gary N. Garcia Molina, Cory Lee Grabinger, Robert Dean Johnston, Ajdin Mulaosmanovic
  • Publication number: 20230181104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for detecting snore and automatically adjusting a bed system to a position intended to mitigate the snore. The bed system can include a mattress, an adjustable foundation, and a controller having a processor. The processor can be configured to generate, in response to sensing snoring from a user of the bed system, instructions for tilting the adjustable foundation to a predetermined position such that an angle between a head portion of the adjustable foundation and the ground is greater than an angle between a foot portion of the adjustable foundation and the ground. The ground can be a horizontal plane. The predetermined position can be a position intended to mitigate snore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Dean Johnston, Julianne Clemens, Cory Lee Grabinger, Gary N. Garcia Molina
  • Patent number: 11198083
    Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly cannot be fully closed, even if a cartridge is nested therein, and appears to be sealed, unless that cartridge is a proper one for the system of concern. The effect is to prevent an inappropriate cartridge, that does not properly seal, from being inadvertently installed in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eric Adamek, Scott Brown, Robert Dean Johnston, Matthew Alan Kalis, Richard Patrick Manahan
  • Patent number: 10864469
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, and including an access opening between the inlet and outlet. The air cleaner also includes a filter cartridge received within the housing and covering the access opening. The air cleaner also includes a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is movable between an unlocked position in which the filter cartridge can be installed and removed from the housing and a locked position in which the filter cartridge is secured within the housing. The filter cartridge and lock mechanism include interacting features allowing the lock mechanism to be moved from the unlocked position to the locked position only when the filter cartridge is installed within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. Campbell, David J. Burton, Benny Nelson, Timothy J. Wessels, Daniel Eric Adamek, Robert Dean Johnston
  • Publication number: 20200171419
    Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly cannot be fully closed, even if a cartridge is nested therein, and appears to be sealed, unless that cartridge is a proper one for the system of concern. The effect is to prevent an inappropriate cartridge, that does not properly seal, from being inadvertently installed in the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eric ADAMEK, Scott BROWN, Robert Dean JOHNSTON, Mathew Alan KALIS, Richard Patrick MANAHAN
  • Patent number: 10512868
    Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly cannot be fully closed, even if a cartridge is nested therein, and appears to be sealed, unless that cartridge is a proper one for the system of concern. The effect is to prevent an inappropriate cartridge, that does not properly seal, from being inadvertently installed in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eric Adamek, Scott Brown, Robert Dean Johnston, Matthew Alan Kalis, Richard Patrick Manahan
  • Publication number: 20180345196
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, and including an access opening between the inlet and outlet. The air cleaner also includes a filter cartridge received within the housing and covering the access opening. The air cleaner also includes a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is movable between an unlocked position in which the filter cartridge can be installed and removed from the housing and a locked position in which the filter cartridge is secured within the housing. The filter cartridge and lock mechanism include interacting features allowing the lock mechanism to be moved from the unlocked position to the locked position only when the filter cartridge is installed within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Steven K. Campbell, David J. Burton, Benny Nelson, Tim Wessels, Daniel Eric Adamek, Robert Dean Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180257017
    Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly cannot be fully closed, even if a cartridge is nested therein, and appears to be sealed, unless that cartridge is a proper one for the system of concern. The effect is to prevent an inappropriate cartridge, that does not properly seal, from being inadvertently installed in the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Eric ADAMEK, Scott BROWN, Robert Dean JOHNSTON, Matthew Alan KALIS, Richard Patrick MANAHAN