Patents by Inventor Sam James

Sam James 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: 20260114773
    Abstract: A modular, multi-use dynamometer 10 having a body 100 with a connector 120, 140 at each end for releasable attachment of accessories, such as a pads, loops or hooks, or a grip strength tool. The dynamometer can measure both compression and tensile forces. The accessories may have an electronically readable element, such as NFC or RFID such that the dynamometer 10 knowns which accessories are attached and reacts accordingly. The dynamometer preferably also has an in built IMU to allow range of motion measurements and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Sam JAMES, Jason SMITH
  • Patent number: 12161402
    Abstract: An energy conveying structure for invasive electrosurgery that provide for combined delivery of (i) RF or microwave electromagnetic energy for tissue treatment (e.g. ablation, coagulation or cutting), and (ii) optical radiation within a common structure that may form an instrument cable of a surgical scoping device. The structure resembles a hollow coaxial transmission line with an optical channel formed within it. The optical channel can lie within a passage that is formed within the inner conductive layer or within other layers of the coaxial transmission. The structure may be used to form an electrosurgical device capable of delivering RF/microwave EM energy, optical radiation and ultrasonic signals to a treatment site along an instrument cable of a surgical scoping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Shaun Preston, William Taplin, Sam James, George Ullrich, David Webb
  • Publication number: 20220225697
    Abstract: A fishing wader with a body portion and a pair of booties. The body portion has a front pocket assembly made of three stacked layers of material, including an outer layer having a plurality of hexagonal-shaped holes, a water-permeable middle layer, and a water-permeable inner layer. Each bootie has a toe piece, an ankle piece, and a sole piece. The toe piece has a top layer that is a laminated composite material including a waterproof breathable membrane. The toe piece also has a middle layer that is made of a durable and resilient waterproof material with a plurality of cutouts that penetrate completely through the middle layer. The toe piece also has a bottom layer. The durometer of the sole piece is preferably higher than the durometer of the toe and ankle pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Clay Krull, Robert Gibson, Sam James
  • Patent number: 11324263
    Abstract: A fishing wader with a body portion and a pair of booties. The body portion has a front pocket assembly made of three stacked layers of material, including an outer layer having a plurality of hexagonal-shaped holes, a water-permeable middle layer, and a water-permeable inner layer. Each bootie has a toe piece, an ankle piece, and a sole piece. The toe piece has a top layer that is a laminated composite material including a waterproof breathable membrane. The toe piece also has a middle layer that is made of a durable and resilient waterproof material with a plurality of cutouts that penetrate completely through the middle layer. The toe piece also has a bottom layer. The durometer of the sole piece is preferably higher than the durometer of the toe and ankle pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Clay Krull, Robert Gibson, Sam James
  • Publication number: 20210161222
    Abstract: A fishing wader with a body portion and a pair of booties. The body portion has a front pocket assembly made of three stacked layers of material, including an outer layer having a plurality of hexagonal-shaped holes, a water-permeable middle layer, and a water-permeable inner layer. Each bootie has a toe piece, an ankle piece, and a sole piece. The toe piece has a top layer that is a laminated composite material including a waterproof breathable membrane. The toe piece also has a middle layer that is made of a durable and resilient waterproof material with a plurality of cutouts that penetrate completely through the middle layer. The toe piece also has a bottom layer. The durometer of the sole piece is preferably higher than the durometer of the toe and ankle pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Clay Krull, Robert Gibson, Sam James
  • Patent number: 10924832
    Abstract: A combined light and loudspeaker driver device comprising a housing supporting a loudspeaker driver, a heat removal element, electronic components and a light source. The heat removal element includes a column extending along a central longitudinal axis to a base of the housing, to meet a heat sink formed around the central longitudinal axis to the rear of the housing. The light source provides task lighting and is a heat source. It is mounted on a front end of the column distal from the heat sink at the base of the housing, to optimize conduction of heat away from the light source. The housing is generally cup shaped and has side walls. The interior of the side walls is parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the housing over the majority of the rearward depth thereof resulting in a large void behind the loudspeaker diaphragm, leading to improved sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Zuma Array Limited
    Inventors: Susan Cook, Steve Kelly, Morten Warren, Sam James, Seongmin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190374285
    Abstract: An energy conveying structure for invasive electrosurgery that provide for combined delivery of (i) RF or microwave electromagnetic energy for tissue treatment (e.g. ablation, coagulation or cutting), and (ii) optical radiation within a common structure that may form an instrument cable of a surgical scoping device. The structure resembles a hollow coaxial transmission line with an optical channel formed within it. The optical channel can lie within a passage that is formed within the inner conductive layer or within other layers of the coaxial transmission. The structure may be used to form an electrosurgical device capable of delivering RF/microwave EM energy, optical radiation and ultrasonic signals to a treatment site along an instrument cable of a surgical scoping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Paul HANCOCK, Shaun PRESTON, William TAPLIN, Sam JAMES, George ULLRICH, David WEBB
  • Patent number: 10017083
    Abstract: An article of vehicle furniture includes one or more adaptive support elements. Each of the adaptive support elements includes a carbon fiber layer operable between support and configurable conditions and a heating element in thermal communication with the carbon fiber layer. The heating element is configured to heat the carbon fiber layer from the support condition to the configurable condition. Each of the adaptive support elements further includes a thermal barrier layer, wherein the heating element is disposed between the thermal barrier layer and the carbon fiber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eunhee Jo, Sam James, Marcus Hoggarth
  • Publication number: 20170190273
    Abstract: An article of vehicle furniture includes one or more adaptive support elements. Each of the adaptive support elements includes a carbon fiber layer operable between support and configurable conditions and a heating element in thermal communication with the carbon fiber layer. The heating element is configured to heat the carbon fiber layer from the support condition to the configurable condition. Each of the adaptive support elements further includes a thermal barrier layer, wherein the heating element is disposed between the thermal barrier layer and the carbon fiber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Eunhee Jo, Sam James, Marcus Hoggarth
  • Patent number: D868406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Bond, Christopher Pinches, Sam James