Patents by Inventor Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly 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: 20240147107
    Abstract: Various implementations include earphone cushions and related headsets. In some aspects, an earphone cushion includes: a body having: a compressible front surface configured to engage or surround an ear of a user, an outer side surface including a compressible component and at least one rigid component, a compressible inner side surface, and a rear surface including at least one rigid component; and a cover having an outside radiating surface for contacting the ear of the user, the cover at least partially surrounding the body and including a portion that is mechanically grounded to the at least one rigid component of the outer side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Blewett, Liam Robert Kelly
  • Publication number: 20240110579
    Abstract: A compressor cover for a turbomachine is disclosed. The compressor cover defines a central axis. The compressor cover comprises an inlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with a downstream outlet via a passage. The passage is at least partly defined between a first wall and a second wall of the compressor cover. One or more vanes extend across the passage, between the first and second walls. The one or more vanes are integrally formed with the first and second walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Dewhirst, James Kelly
  • Patent number: 11945166
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of additively manufactured objects on a rotor, the plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon. The method can include removing the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects by rotating the plurality of additively manufactured objects via the rotor. The method can further include applying energy to the plurality of additively manufactured objects to cure a portion of each additively manufactured object while the plurality of additively manufactured objects are on the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Srinivas Kaza, Chunhua Li, Lance Robert Pickens, Shawn Stromenger, Jun Sato, Siobhan O'Leary, Peter Webber, Brett E. Kelly, Jennifer Chavez
  • Publication number: 20240097738
    Abstract: In some implementations, a near field communication (NFC) device may determine whether the NFC device is to perform a wireless transaction in a powered mode or an unpowered mode, and may selectively perform the wireless transaction in the powered mode or the unpowered mode based on determining whether the NFC device is to perform the wireless transaction in the powered mode or the unpowered mode. The wireless transaction may be performed using power from a power source internal to the NFC device when the wireless transaction is performed in the powered mode. The wireless transaction may be performed without using power from the power source internal to the NFC device when the wireless transaction is performed in the unpowered mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Adam KOEPPEL, Tyler LOCKE, Kevin KELLY, Robert PERRY, James ZARAKAS
  • Patent number: 11934376
    Abstract: A database management engine provides a user interface that allows users to access and modify employee information in a database. The database includes entries for employees, and each database entry includes identifying information about the associated employee. A user can request to modify data within database entries, for instance in order to update information associated with an employee. Responsive to the request, the database management engine identifies liabilities associated with the database modification stemming from associated tax laws. Based on the identified tax liabilities, the engine computes the aggregate tax liability owed by the employer and/or employee. Before modifying a database entry, the engine modifies the user interface to include interface elements detailing the computed aggregate tax liability. The user explicitly can be required to confirm the database modification in view of the aggregate tax liability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZENPAYROLL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kelly Sutton, Stephen Walter Hopkins, Matthew Charles Wilde, Alexander Scott Gerstein, Julia Hara Chin Lee, Michael Ryan Nierstedt, Nicholas Giancarlo Gervasi, Matan Zruya, Robert Douglas Gill, Jr., Bria Nicole Fincher, Ningjing Su, Ryan Kwong, Sheng Xiang Lei, Ketki Warudkar Duvvuru
  • Patent number: 11928667
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using multicomputer data transferring to active contactless communication. In one example, such a system may include at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform one or more operations, the operations including: receiving a transaction associated with a merchant on a list of merchants stored in the at least one memory; determining, based on the merchant, a remote server associated with the merchant; assembling a data packet including an identifier of the contactless card and an identifier of the transaction; transmitting the data packet to the determined server across one or more computer networks; receiving confirmation from the determined sever in response to the data packet; and transmitting the confirmation to a user device associated with the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Koeppel, Molly Johnson, Tyler Locke, James Zarakas, Kevin Kelly, Saleem Sangi, Robert Perry
  • Patent number: 11921289
    Abstract: A personal display device for displaying virtual images to a wearer. The personal display device includes a frame having a right temple section, a left temple section, a right rear section, a left rear section, a right eye see-through section, and a left eye see-through section; a projection display device connected to the frame for projecting an image to the wearer; at least one waveguide stack module connected to the frame for propagating image-bearing light beams along a length of the at least one waveguide stack module, the at least one waveguide stack module being configured to receive the image from the projection display device and detected touch motions of the wearer sensed by the touchpad including sensing directions of the touch motions of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Vuzix Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Travers, Tyler Porter, Robert Schultz, Gregory Moens, Connor Hack, Adalberto Perez Reyes, Kevin Lloyd, Marc J. Krolczyk, Michael J. Telek, Paul A. Boris, Robert W. Gray, Alexander Kelly
  • Patent number: 11918725
    Abstract: A dual lumen coaxial cannula, assembly includes a first infusion tube having a first elongate body defining a first lumen therethrough and a second drainage tube co-axially aligned with the first infusion tube and having a second elongate body with a second lumen defined by a space between the first infusion tube and second drainage tube. A connector is removably attached to the first infusion tube and the second drainage tube for coupling the dual lumen coaxial cannula to an extracorporeal blood circuit. The first infusion tube and the second drainage tube include a plurality of infusion and drainage apertures, respectively, provided at the distal end and extending through the sidewall of the first infusion tube and the drainage tube, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CardiacAssist, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Kelly, Patrick E. Lutz, Robert G. Svitek, Jerry Stokes
  • Publication number: 20240071258
    Abstract: A pop-up with slide lock mechanism is provided which moves between a first position, wherein the pop-up is in a flat, unfolded position, and a second position, wherein the pop-up is in an unfolded, upright or three-dimensional (3D) configuration by sliding one panel along part of the pop-up structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Robert Kelly
  • Patent number: 11882405
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining a nozzle of an audio device is, at least partially blocked. More specifically, based on a measured transfer function between the driver and a microphone and an expected transfer function between the driver and the microphone, a blockage is detected. In response to the detected blockage, the user is notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liam Robert Kelly, Peter McPhillips Moriarty, Ryan terMeulen
  • Publication number: 20240007778
    Abstract: Aspects describe a dual-planar retaining piece for stabilizing and securing earpiece in a wearer's ear. The retaining piece is either fixed or removable from the earpiece. The retaining piece includes a first cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antitragus of a wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, a second cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antihelix of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, and at least one attachment feature that couples the retaining piece to a body of the earpiece, wherein the body is shaped to fit in the lower concha of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn. In aspects, the first and second cantilevered portions are integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Andrew ZALISK, Liam Robert KELLY
  • Patent number: 11851906
    Abstract: A wave pool and wave generating mechanism are disclosed. The wave pool includes a bathymetry that includes a dynamically shapeable reef along a length or circumference of a channel that defines the wave pool. The wave generating mechanism includes a foil that has a shape for bi-directionality based on an adjustment of a yaw angle of the foil. The foil can be further controlled to increase or decrease certain surface areas or other angles of interacting with water in the wave pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kelly Slater Wave Company, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Fincham, Alex Poirot, Nathan Loewen, Robert Kelly Slater
  • Publication number: 20230348145
    Abstract: A gift bag with a pocket containing an integral pop-up structure which is operative to move between a first position wherein the pop-up structure is in a substantially flat position and substantially contained within the pocket of the gift bag, and a second position wherein the pop-up structure is unfolded into a three-dimensional structure that is substantially contained outside of the pocket of the gift bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Robert Kelly
  • Patent number: 11800273
    Abstract: Aspects describe a dual-planar retaining piece for stabilizing and securing earpiece in a wearer's ear. The retaining piece is either fixed or removable from the earpiece. The retaining piece includes a first cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antitragus of a wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, a second cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antihelix of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, and at least one attachment feature that couples the retaining piece to a body of the earpiece, wherein the body is shaped to fit in the lower concha of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn. In aspects, the first and second cantilevered portions are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Zalisk, Liam Robert Kelly
  • Publication number: 20230296482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for collecting aerosol samples is provided. The present invention may include, responsive to one or more sample collection criteria being met, collecting an aerosol sample in at least one of one or more collection media including at least one liquid collection medium, wherein collecting the aerosol sample comprises propelling air, via an air pump, through a collection medium of the one or more collection media for a duration equal to a sample integration time; responsive to detecting that a sampler liquid level in at least one liquid collection medium is below a threshold, raising the sampler liquid level in the at least one liquid collection medium to meet the threshold; and transmitting a message alerting one or more users that the aerosol sample has been collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Vincent MORIARTY, Michael Robert Kelly
  • Patent number: 11738908
    Abstract: A gift bag with a pocket containing an integral pop-up structure which is operative to move between a first position wherein the pop-up structure is in a substantially flat position and substantially contained within the pocket of the gift bag, and a second position wherein the pop-up structure is unfolded into a three-dimensional structure that is substantially contained outside of the pocket of the gift bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Robert Kelly
  • Publication number: 20230132461
    Abstract: A wave park for an open or large body of water is disclosed. The wave park includes a body of water, and a track positioned in or proximate the body of water. The wave park further includes at least one foil coupled to move along the track, the at least one foil being at least partially submerged in the body of water. The at least one foil has a curvilinear cross-sectional geometry that includes a leading surface that is concave about a vertical axis to provide drag to generate a primary wave laterally in water of the body of water that contacts the leading surface of the foil, and a trailing surface that narrows from a maximum width of the foil adjacent the leading surface to a point at an end of the foil, the trailing surface to decrease the drag of the foil and to minimize oscillatory waves that trail the primary wave from the water moving past the leading surface of the foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Kelly Slater, Adam Fincham
  • Publication number: 20230078406
    Abstract: A retaining piece for an earpiece of an in-ear audio output device comprises a retainer portion and a cantilevered portion. The cantilevered portion comprises a coupling edge and a free edge which is substantially opposite the coupling edge. The cantilevered portion is coupled to the retainer portion at the coupling edge and is configured to engage with at least a part of an outer wall of a concha of a user's pinna. The cantilevered portion comprises a convexly curved section between the coupling edge and the free edge. When the cantilevered portion is in an engaged state, the coupling edge is more medial than the free edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Zalisk, Liam Robert Kelly
  • Publication number: 20230035001
    Abstract: A greeting card with pop-up structure and a lock mechanism to maintain the greeting card and pop-up structure in an open or unfolded position without the use of locking tabs being used in conjunction with the pop-up structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Robert Kelly
  • Patent number: D1019771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Robert Kelly, Kara Solinsky