Patents by Inventor Scott Brown

Scott Brown 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).

  • Filter cartridges; air cleaner assemblies; housings; features; components; and, methods
    Patent number: 10512868
    Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly cannot be fully closed, even if a cartridge is nested therein, and appears to be sealed, unless that cartridge is a proper one for the system of concern. The effect is to prevent an inappropriate cartridge, that does not properly seal, from being inadvertently installed in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eric Adamek, Scott Brown, Robert Dean Johnston, Matthew Alan Kalis, Richard Patrick Manahan
  • System and Method for Targeted and Customizable Advertising and Enhanced Hygiene Using Integrated Blockchain Management
    Publication number: 20190384968
    Abstract: Highly customized and targeted communications content may be pre-programmed or customized, configured, and delivered “on the fly” by an interactive media communication system comprising a network connected video screen and faucet combination. Individual and aggregated statistics about encounters with the content may be captured. Each unit in the network will also capture encounter-specific data to associate with each person and encounter such as dwell time in general, dwell time as a function of displayed media, environmental conditions, time of day, presence of other people, location of encounter, etc. In addition to targeted marketing, the interactive media communication system may be used to stimulate and motivate enhanced hygiene by introducing media elements and “gamification” into the hand washing ritual. Management can track employee and guest compliance with idealized hand washing activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Brown, Cory Galakatos
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR COLORIMETRIC MAPPING
    Publication number: 20190373232
    Abstract: Computer-based systems, methods and computer program products for colorimetric mapping are provided. In one embodiment of the method, the method includes obtaining a digital reference image, including: illuminating a known reference source with an arbitrary illumination; and determining an observed illumination by receiving light signals from the reference source at an image sensor; determining a color-balance matrix by minimizing an error between colorimetric values of the digital reference image and color corrected pixel values; applying the color-balance matrix to the digital reference image to produce a color-corrected image; determining a color-space transformation matrix that transforms a color space of the image sensor to a perceptual color space; generating a transformed image by applying the color-space transformation matrix to the color corrected image; and outputting the transformed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Scott BROWN, Hakki Can KARAIMER
  • Communications Cable with Improved Isolation Between Wire-Pairs and Metal Foil Tape
    Publication number: 20190355494
    Abstract: A communications cable having a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors and various embodiments of a metal foil tapes between the twisted pairs and a cable jacket is disclosed. In some embodiments, a metal foil tape includes a discontinuous metal layer and a polymer layer bonded to the metal layer. Portions of the metal layer and the polymer layer are deformed to form a plurality of dimples, the dimples forming air gaps between the polymer layer and the cable core or a barrier layer if used. The air gaps lower the overall dielectric constant between the metal layer and the cable core, thereby lowering the alien capacitance of the communications cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Royal O. Jenner, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Ronald A. Nordin, Paul W. Wachtel, Stephen Thwaites, Roy Kusuma, James Malkemus, Scott Brown
  • Pocket-Channeling Lacrosse Head
    Patent number: 10471318
    Abstract: A lacrosse head configured to form a pocket channel, the lacrosse head having a stop member, first and second sidewalls extending from the stop member in a forward direction, and a scoop connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall opposite to the stop member, with the scoop having a forward edge and a rearward edge, with the rearward edge of the scoop defining generally an arc shape except for a recessed portion disposed at a longitudinal centerline of the lacrosse head, and with the scoop defining at least one stringing hole disposed forward of the recessed portion. Alternatively, a lacrosse head may have a scoop that defines a plurality of lateral stringing holes disposed generally along an arc, and that defines a forwardly offset stringing hole disposed along a longitudinal centerline of the lacrosse head and forward of the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wm. T. Burnett IP, LLC
    Inventors: John William Coe, Austin Scott Brown
  • Motor vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle rear seat
    Patent number: 10464453
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat includes at least a seat area, a backrest and, if necessary, a headrest as seat elements. The motor vehicle seat includes at least one detachable bolting unit assigned to the seat area and/or the backrest. Furthermore, at least one handle is provided to act on the bolting unit(s). The seat elements can assume several different functional positions. The single handle is arranged to act on at least an electrical drive assigned to the bolting unit(s) and thus to execute all functional positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Scott Brown, Andrew Barta
  • Device with dilated oxidation zone for gasifying feedstock
    Patent number: 10465133
    Abstract: A downdraft gasifier that utilizes a plurality of vertically positioned tubes to create a pyrolysis zone, an oxidation zone beneath the pyrolysis zone and a reduction zone beneath the oxidation zone. The shape of the tubes eliminates the need for a restriction (hearth), which limits the maximum achievable throughput. A rotating and vertically adjustable grate is located beneath, but not attached to, the reduction zone of the gasifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Aries Gasification, LLC
    Inventors: Deon John Potgieter, Billy Freeman Hopper, Jeffrey Scott Brown, Mark Oliver Loftin
  • DYNAMICALLY INFERRING VARIABLE DIMENSIONS IN USER-ADDED EQUATIONS
    Publication number: 20190333608
    Abstract: A processor executable method, system, and computer-readable media expedite the process of entering equations for use in developing simulations of chemical processes. The process of entering equations is expedited by dynamically inferring the dimensions of variables. The process infers the dimensions of all variables in user-added equations, and infers the dimensions of each variable in a user-added equation sequentially. The process automatically creates variables with unassigned dimensions in response to indications, such as inputs from a user, to declare new equations. The process assigns dimensions to variables based on relations between variables, such as logical relations between the dimensions of variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Harry Scott Brown
  • Pest monitoring system with conductive electrodes
    Patent number: 10448627
    Abstract: A pest monitoring system generally includes a circuit, wherein the circuit is initially in a first impedance state that is configured to change to a second impedance state due to pest activity, wherein the second impedance state is lower than the first impedance state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Austin, Cheryl Ann Leichter, Greggory Keith Storey, Kenneth Scott Brown, Gregory Kent Thompson, Thomas S. Rancour, II, Timothy Robert Sloper
  • Rodent electrocution assembly
    Patent number: 10440943
    Abstract: A rodent electrocution assembly includes a housing that may be positioned on the ground thereby facilitating the housing to be aligned with a rodent tunnel. A pair of legs is provided and each of the legs is hingedly coupled to the housing. Each of the legs is urged to penetrate the ground thereby facilitating each of the legs to be positioned in the rodent tunnel. An electrifying unit is coupled to the housing. The electrifying unit is positioned in the rodent tunnel when the pair of legs is positioned in the rodent tunnel. The electrifying unit electrocutes a rodent when the rodent passes through the pair of legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Scott Brown
  • DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAYS, PRESSURE SENSORS, DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAYS INCLUDING QUARTZ RESONATOR SENSORS, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190309616
    Abstract: Downhole distributed pressure sensor arrays include sensor housings each comprising at least one pressure sensor in a pressure housing. Downhole pressure sensors include a housing, at least one pressure sensor in a pressure housing portion of the housing, and at least one isolation element positioned at an outer wall of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Brian T. Leeflang, G. Scott Brown
  • THERMAL DE-RATING FOR A MULTI-MODE SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20190280589
    Abstract: A switching power converter is disclosed that communicates a thermal alarm to a mobile device over a data channel in a data cable for charging the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Li, Scott Brown, Mengfei Liu, Yimin Chen
  • Simplified Method of Cooking Salmon Using Boiling Water
    Publication number: 20190274338
    Abstract: A simplified method of cooking salmon uses boiling water as it cools to cook the fish, includes the following steps: providing a frozen fillet of fish in a sealed bag; placing the bag in a container holding boiling water and simultaneously or immediately thereafter removing heat or an energy source; retaining the bag in the water for a period of time; removing the bag from the water; delaying removal of the fish from the bag for an additional period of time; then removing the fish from the bag for consumption. A kit includes the frozen fish fillet in the bag along with instructions to follow the method of cooking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Robert J. Warner, Douglas B. Hall, Scott Brown
  • TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LATCH AND A MOTOR VEHICLE LATCH
    Publication number: 20190218829
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a transmission means 10 for a motor vehicle latch 100 of a moving component of a vehicle, having a tensile element 40 to transmit an opening command from a handle to a motor vehicle latch 100, a stop bushing 20 to connect to the handle or the motor vehicle latch 100, whereby the tensile element 40 passes through the stop bushing 20, whereby the stop bushing 20 has at least a sealing mounting 21, whereby at least a sealing element 30 is arranged at least partly in the sealing mounting 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Uhrin, Scott Brown
  • Dynamically inferring variable dimensions in user-added equations
    Patent number: 10331860
    Abstract: A processor executable method, system, and computer-readable media expedite the process of entering equations for use in developing simulations of chemical processes. The process of entering equations is expedited by dynamically inferring the dimensions of variables. The process infers the dimensions of all variables in user-added equations, and infers the dimensions of each variable in a user-added equation sequentially. The process automatically creates variables with unassigned dimensions in response to indications, such as inputs from a user, to declare new equations. The process assigns dimensions to variables based on relations between variables, such as logical relations between the dimensions of variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Scott Brown
  • Pass-throughs for use with sensor assemblies, sensor assemblies including at least one pass-through and related methods
    Patent number: 10330551
    Abstract: Transducer assemblies may include a sensor and a housing including a pass-through portion comprising at least one aperture in a portion of the housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing and the sensor. Methods of forming transducer assemblies may include welding a first housing section of the transducer assembly to a second housing portion of the transducer assembly and forming at least one aperture in the first housing section extending along a longitudinal axis of the transducer assembly, along a chamber for holding a sensor, and through the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Quartzdyne, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Scott Brown, K. Robert Harker, Scott S. Merkley
  • DISTRIBUTED SENSOR ARRAYS FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE AND RELATED METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20190186256
    Abstract: A downhole sensor includes a sensor housing with one or more of a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor. A cable segment having a conductor is coupled to the sensor housing. A spacer or retention element is coupled to or secured to at least a portion of the conductor at a location proximate an interface between the cable segment and the sensor housing. Downhole sensor arrays include such sensor housings. Methods relate to forming such sensor arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Palmer, Tyler Sorensen, G. Scott Brown, K. Robert Harker, Trent Heath
  • MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE REAR SEAT
    Publication number: 20190084451
    Abstract: The task of the invention is to further develop a motor vehicle seat and in particular a motor vehicle rear seat so that operation is simplified and different functional positions are assumed quickly and conveniently The task of the invention is solved by a motor vehicle seat is equipped with at least a seat area, a backrest and, if necessary, a headrest as seat elements. Furthermore, at least respectively a detachable bolting unit assigned to the seat area, the back area and the optional headrest is executed. Furthermore, at least one handle is provided to act on the bolting unit(s). The seat elements can assume several different functional positions. According to the invention, the single handle is set up to act on at least an electrical drive assigned to the bolting unit(s) and thus to execute all functional positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Brown, Andrew Barta
  • LACROSSE HEAD WITH ASCENDING SCOOP
    Publication number: 20190046852
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lacrosse head having a juncture configured to receive a handle, with a majority length of the handle defining a horizontal centerline, a stop member adjacent to the juncture, a first and second sidewall each extending from the stop member in a forward direction, and a transverse wall connecting the first and second sidewall opposite to the stop member and defining a terminal contact point at which a ball traveling in a forward direction generally along a bisecting line of the head may last contact and release from the head during a throwing motion. When viewed from a side view, a lower sidewall rail of the first sidewall may descend to a lowest point that is at least 1.75 inches below the horizontal centerline, and the terminal contact point may be at least 2.25 inches higher than the lowest point of the lower sidewall rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Austin Scott Brown, John William Coe
  • Helmet
    Patent number: D869097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wm. T. Burnett IP, LLC
    Inventor: Austin Scott Brown