Patents by Inventor Rodney Wright

Rodney Wright 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: 10681951
    Abstract: The invention is intended to protect football players, race car drivers and others. An apparatus that dampens impacts and prevents rapid movement of user's head protected by helmets. Two embodiments are disclosed using piston configuration. In one embodiment, the piston is moving inside a housing filled with a viscoelastic fluid and the other is a locking piston dampener mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, John Rodney Wright, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200015538
    Abstract: The invention is intended to protect football players, race car drivers and others. An apparatus that dampens impacts and prevents rapid movement of user's head protected by helmets. Two embodiments are disclosed using piston configuration. In one embodiment, the piston is moving inside a housing filled with a viscoelastic fluid and the other is a locking piston dampener mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, John Rodney Wright, JR.
  • Patent number: D369564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura R. Whitby, Andrew T. Chung, Rodney Wright