Patents by Inventor Robert W. Baxter

Robert W. Baxter 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: 20240102909
    Abstract: A method includes projecting light to obtain a reference measurement using a first photoresistor; collecting dust on a platform during a collection time interval; and projecting light across the platform to obtain a dust measurement using the first photoresistor or a second photoresistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert W. Baxter, Derrick J. Hinkle, Ralph E. Bard, John N. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11925804
    Abstract: A first medical device for obstructive sleep apnea therapy includes therapy delivery circuitry coupled to a first set of electrodes implantable proximate to a first hypoglossal nerve within a tongue of the patient and configured to deliver a first electrical stimulation signal to the first hypoglossal nerve that causes the tongue of the patient to advance and includes information to communicate to a second medical device implantable within the head or neck of the patient and coupled to a second set of electrodes implantable proximate to a second hypoglossal nerve within the tongue of the patient; and sensing circuitry coupled to the first set of electrodes and configured to receive a second electrical stimulation signal, delivered to the second hypoglossal nerve by the second medical device, that includes information that the second medical device communicates to the first medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Bodner, Avram Scheiner, Phillip C. Falkner, James Britton Hissong, Walton W. Baxter, III, Richard T. Stone, Robert T. Sandgren, Ryan B. Sefkow, Adam J. Rivard
  • Patent number: 10933362
    Abstract: An system includes a fabric filter, an air supply system, a pulsing valve that is coupled to the air supply system and is configured to generate a statistical pulse of air that is directed to the fabric filter, an air flow monitor that is configured to monitor a flow of air associated with the statistical pulse of air, and a valve controller that is coupled to the air flow monitor that is configured to generate a performance signature for the pulsing valve based on the flow of air that was monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DUST COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Baxter, Derrick J. Hinkle, Ralph E. Bard
  • Publication number: 20200298163
    Abstract: A baghouse filter system includes a fabric filter; a control system coupled to the bag house filter system that is configured to control filtering operations of the baghouse filter system and cleaning operations of the baghouse filter system; a plurality of data collection devices that are configured to collect data associated with a plurality of operational and cleaning parameters of the baghouse filter system; and a diagnostic system that is configured to receive the data associated with the plurality of operational and cleaning parameters of the baghouse filter system independent of the control system, to determine whether a performance of the baghouse filter system is degraded based on the data associated with the plurality of operational and cleaning parameters, and to perform a plurality of targeted diagnostic analyses of the data associated with the plurality of operational and cleaning parameters, the plurality of targeted diagnostic analyses corresponding to a plurality of performance metrics of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Robert W. Baxter
  • Publication number: 20190076771
    Abstract: An system includes a fabric filter, an air supply system, a pulsing valve that is coupled to the air supply system and is configured to generate a statistical pulse of air that is directed to the fabric filter, an air flow monitor that is configured to monitor a flow of air associated with the statistical pulse of air, and a valve controller that is coupled to the air flow monitor that is configured to generate a performance signature for the pulsing valve based on the flow of air that was monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Robert W. Baxter, Derrick J. Hinkle, Ralph E. Bard
  • Publication number: 20020124011
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for communicating with a controller in real-time by storing a command for the controller in a database. The command may be a command to write a value of a real-time process control variable to the controller or a command to read a value of a real-time process control variable from the controller. Upon detecting the stored command in the database, the stored command is retrieved from the database and sent to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Robert W. Baxter, Ralph E. Bard