Patents by Inventor Ross Brinkman
Ross Brinkman 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).
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Publication number: 20230419766Abstract: Systems and methods for a modular configuration of dispensing modules of a vending machine are provided. The vending machine includes a grid of mounting modules to which the dispensing modules can be removably attached. Accordingly, the arrangement of dispensing modules can be readily modified to accommodate different sized items. Some items may be placed across two dispensing modules that are operated in parallel to dispense the item. The dispensing modules may also include an indication unit. The indication unit can be used to provide assistance to servicepersons during a restocking event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Luke Saunders, Arne Saupe, Don Balis, Rusudan Kareli, William Renwick, Julian DeFranco, Ross Brinkman, Gerry Mayer, Cole Stapleton, Robert Butler, Brian Schoolcraft
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Patent number: 11627397Abstract: A loudspeaker includes an enclosure having an open front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a bottom side, a top side opposite the bottom side, and a pocket open to the top side and open to the rear side. The pocket has an inner surface which is angled from the front side and the top side toward the rear side and the bottom side. The loudspeaker includes an audio transducer positioned within the enclosure and configured to emit sound from the front side of the enclosure, and a handle coupled to the enclosure, arranged at least partially within the pocket, and having a first portion elongated in a first direction and a second portion elongated in a second direction which is angled with respect to the first direction. The first portion includes a curved surface facing the pocket and terminating at lateral edges of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Shawn Filipek, Nicholas Sulzer, Andrew Grunloh, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: 11389057Abstract: A vision measurement device includes an eyepiece with a lens; an outer tube connected to the eyepiece including a target having a predetermined pattern, the target being movable along an optical axis of the lens with respect to the outer tube; a diopter indicator with an indicating portion and a pointing portion; where during the movement of the target with respect to the outer tube along the optical axis of the lens, one of the indicator portion and the pointing portion moves along with the target with respect to the outer tube while the other of the indicator portion and the pointing portion does not move, and when an eye is capable of clearly seeing the predetermined pattern on the target through the eyepiece, the value of the scale indicated by the pointing portion corresponds to the diopter of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Ross Brinkman, Paul Hatch, Patricia Howes, Eric Wiegmann, Andreas Bell
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Patent number: 11239674Abstract: A power pack vending system comprises a plurality of kiosks including a magazine having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of rechargeable power packs. Each power pack has a unique identifier and is sized to be received within one slot. Each kiosk includes a computer for receiving and storing the unique identifier of each power pack received within the magazine, the specific slot the power pack is in, and current power pack information. The kiosk computer controls a charging unit for charging the power packs. The system includes a central management operation comprising a central computer and central database. The management operation communicates with each kiosk and the central database includes a database storing power pack information for every power pack and a database storing customer information. The central management operation receives, stores and processes information received from the kiosks and sends information to each of the kiosks.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: NRG Energy, Inc.Inventors: Calhoun B. Hamilton, IV, Scott C. Burns, Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Anders Olof Rostlund, James Dangora, Ross Brinkman
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Publication number: 20210076929Abstract: Disclosed is a vision measurement device including: an eyepiece with a lens; an outer tube connected to the eyepiece including a target having a predetermined pattern, the target being movable along an optical axis of the lens with respect to the outer tube; a diopter indicator with an indicating portion and a pointing portion; wherein during the movement of the target with respect to the outer tube along the optical axis of the lens, one of the indicator portion and the pointing portion moves along with the target with respect to the outer tube while the other of the indicator portion and the pointing portion does not move, and when an eye is capable of clearly seeing the predetermined pattern on the target through the eyepiece, the value of the scale indicated by the pointing portion corresponds to the diopter of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Ross BRINKMAN, Paul HATCH, Patricia HOWES, Eric WIEGMANN, Andreas BELL
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Publication number: 20190006862Abstract: A power pack vending system comprises a plurality of kiosks including a magazine having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of rechargeable power packs. Each power pack has a unique identifier and is sized to be received within one slot. Each kiosk includes a computer for receiving and storing the unique identifier of each power pack received within the magazine, the specific slot the power pack is in, and current power pack information. The kiosk computer controls a charging unit for charging the power packs. The system includes a central management operation comprising a central computer and central database. The management operation communicates with each kiosk and the central database includes a database storing power pack information for every power pack and a database storing customer information. The central management operation receives, stores and processes information received from the kiosks and sends information to each of the kiosks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Calhoun B. Hamilton, IV, Scott C. Burns, Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Anders Olof Rostlund, James Dangora, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: 10084329Abstract: A power pack vending system comprises a plurality of kiosks including a magazine having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of rechargeable power packs. Each power pack has a unique identifier and is sized to be received within one slot. Each kiosk includes a computer for receiving and storing the unique identifier of each power pack received within the magazine, the specific slot the power pack is in, and current power pack information. The kiosk computer controls a charging unit for charging the power packs. The system includes a central management operation comprising a central computer and central database. The management operation communicates with each kiosk and the central database includes a database storing power pack information for every power pack and a database storing customer information. The central management operation receives, stores and processes information received from the kiosks and sends information to each of the kiosks.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: NRG ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Calhoun B. Hamilton, Scott C. Burns, Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Anders Olof Rostlund, James Dangora, Ross Brinkman
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Publication number: 20150249353Abstract: A power pack vending system comprises a plurality of kiosks including a magazine having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of rechargeable power packs. Each power pack has a unique identifier and is sized to be received within one slot. Each kiosk includes a computer for receiving and storing the unique identifier of each power pack received within the magazine, the specific slot the power pack is in, and current power pack information. The kiosk computer controls a charging unit for charging the power packs. The system includes a central management operation comprising a central computer and central database. The management operation communicates with each kiosk and the central database includes a database storing power pack information for every power pack and a database storing customer information. The central management operation receives, stores and processes information received from the kiosks and sends information to each of the kiosks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Calhoun B. Hamilton, IV, Scott C. Burns, Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Anders Olof Rostlund, James Dangora, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D761263Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Thule Organization Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Ross Brinkman, Clifford Krapfl
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Patent number: D909841Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Bell, Ross Brinkman, Charlie Chiappetta, Peter Wierzchon, Corey Hinkel, Ramon Tam, Patricia Howes
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Patent number: D931429Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: The Marley Company LLCInventors: Daniel Karch, Owen Cunningham, Roger S. Anthony, Anis M. Rahman, Dave DeVries, Mike P. Boyd, Ross Brinkman, Clifford Krapfl, Johanna Frerichs
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Patent number: D935583Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: The Marley Company LLCInventors: Neil Butt, Joel Bodine, Mike Hostetler, Fred Hoffmaster, Anis Rahman, Dave DeVries, John Miller, Ross Brinkman, Clifford Krapfl
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Patent number: D1007990Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Bernardi, Daniel Schadegg, Mike Landt, Balazs Nagy, Arvind Gopi, Fulvio Camarotto, Nicholas Garcia, Ross Brinkman, Andreas Bell
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Patent number: D1022954Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Kasten, Edgar Nicolas, Adam Jenson, Shawn Filipek, Andrew Cho, Andrew Grunloh, Pierre-Yves Mossmann, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D1022955Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Kasten, Edgar Nicolas, Adam Jenson, Shawn Filipek, Andrew Cho, Andrew Grunloh, Pierre-Yves Mossmann, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D1025014Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nicholas J. Sulzer, Shawn Filipek, Andrew M. Grunloh, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D1037207Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Kasten, Edgar Nicolas, Adam Jenson, Shawn Filipek, Andrew Cho, Andrew Grunloh, Pierre-Yves Mossmann, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D1038911Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nicholas Sulzer, Shawn Filipek, Andrew Grunloh, Pierre-Yves Mossmann, Andrew Cho, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman
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Patent number: D1047973Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nicholas Sulzer, Shawn Filipek, Andrew Grunloh, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman