Patents by Inventor Scott Davies

Scott Davies 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: 9615983
    Abstract: A patient support includes a patient support surface, a barrier adjacent the patient support surface, with a portion of the barrier or patient support surface including at least one material suspended therein, applied thereto, or embedded therein having an antimicrobial property, and an energy generation system directing energy to the portion or another portion of the barrier or patient support surface, the energy comprising a current, a field, heat, sound waves, or light to provide antimicrobial treatment to the portion or the other portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Martin W Stryker, Anuj K. Sidhu, Adam Downey, Cory P. Herbst, Michael W. Steffler, Jeffrey L. Lewandowski, Scott Davis, James T. Thwaites, Jeffrey C. Shiery
  • Publication number: 20170020312
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a pillow apparatus that can be turned inside out to expose the internal filler material. Typically, the pillow apparatus in configured for thorough cleaning via a conventional home washing machine and dryer. In some embodiments, the cushion apparatus comprises an outer shell and a filter barrier connected to the outer shell so as to form at least one enclosed compartment. The pillow apparatus further comprises a filler material contained within the at least one enclosed compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Calvin Tabor
  • Publication number: 20170023393
    Abstract: A system for measuring concentration of water vapor in a gas includes a pressure sensor configured to sense a static pressure of the gas and a differential pressure sensor configured to sense a differential pressure. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the gas. Circuitry estimates determines a concentration of water vapor in the gas based upon the measured pressures and temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: David Eugene Wiklund, Dale Scott Davis
  • Publication number: 20160324328
    Abstract: A liquid absorbent support cushion for a user is disclosed comprising a first member having first and second surfaces, the first member constructed of a first material in which the first member is substantially liquid permeable and the first material is substantially liquid impervious. The cushion includes a second member having first and second surfaces, the second member constructed of a second material in which the second member is substantially liquid permeable and the second material is substantially liquid impervious. The cushion also includes a third member, the third member is liquid absorbent; and wherein the second member is positioned between the first and third members and wherein the first, second and third members are constructed such that liquid passing through the first and second members is absorbed by the third member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Calvin Gerrit Tabor, E. Scott Davis
  • Patent number: 9473303
    Abstract: During manufacturing a unique encrypted authentication code is created for each product based upon device specific information relating to that product. The unique encrypted authentication code together with the device specific information is stored in a database, and a representation of the unique encrypted authentication code is stored on the product. To determine whether a product in question is authentic, the readable representation of the unique encrypted authentication code is read and sent to a server along with a request for product authentication. The server provides an indication of authenticity of the product in question based upon the unique encrypted authentication code received and the device specific information associated with that unique encrypted authentication code in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Hedtke, Dale Scott Davis, John P. Schulte
  • Publication number: 20160266060
    Abstract: A steam quality meter includes a pipe with an inlet and an outlet. A rod is located within the pipe between the inlet and the outlet. The rod defines an annular flow passage between an outer wall of the rod and an inner wall of the pipe. A mixing device is located within the pipe between the inlet and an upstream end of the rod. Spaced sensors are located within the annular flow passage. Each sensor is configured to sense capacitance and/or impedance of steam flowing through the annular flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: David Eugene Wiklund, Dale Scott Davis
  • Publication number: 20160249469
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting electronic equipment on the exterior of an outdoor structure includes a base member configured to be coupled to the exterior of the outdoor structure, a first housing coupled to the base member, and at least one shelf disposed within the first housing. Each shelf includes a support surface, a plurality of support orifices disposed therethrough, and at least one first communication orifice disposed therethrough. A plurality of support members is configured to be inserted through the support orifices. A floor member is coupled to the first housing and has at least one second communication orifice disposed therethrough. The plurality of support members is configured to couple the at least one shelf to the floor member. A substantially transparent second housing is mounted on the floor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • Patent number: 9360651
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting electronic equipment on the exterior of an outdoor structure includes a base member configured to be coupled to the exterior of the outdoor structure, a first housing coupled to the base member, and at least one shelf disposed within the first housing. Each shelf includes a support surface, a plurality of support orifices disposed therethrough, and at least one first communication orifice disposed therethrough. A plurality of support members is configured to be inserted through the support orifices. A floor member is coupled to the first housing and has at least one second communication orifice disposed therethrough. The plurality of support members is configured to couple the at least one shelf to the floor member. A substantially transparent second housing is mounted on the floor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • Publication number: 20160120319
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device comprising a body that defines a first surface and a second surface and defines a first, second, third and fourth lateral sides. In one embodiment, the first surface defines a first aperture and a second aperture. In one embodiment, the thickness of the body along the first lateral side is greater than the thickness of the body along the third lateral side such that the first surface slopes downwards from the first lateral side towards the third lateral side. The device not only reduces the pressure on the tailbone or on the hemorrhoids for a person in a seated position, but also reduces the discomfort or pain associated with settling into a seated position or emerging from a seated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Coponi, Calvin G. Tabor
  • Patent number: 9320164
    Abstract: A cover for a tablet computer incorporates a built-in stand, allowing viewing angles in portrait and landscape orientations. The cover includes a front cover that is connected to a back cover. In an implementation, the front cover has at least five fold lines formed in the cover. These fold lines meet at an intersection point. These fold lines are not parallel to any edges of the front cover. And these fold lines divide the front cover to have least three triangular sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Incase Designs Corp.
    Inventors: Markus Diebel, Scott Davis, Luke Arthur Pushee, Bruce Owyoung, Timothy Ahn
  • Patent number: 9304808
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for updating a workflow when a user reaches an impasse in the workflow. A workflow program processes user input at a current node in a workflow comprised of nodes and workflow paths connecting the nodes, and wherein the user provides user input to traverse through at least one workflow path to reach the current node. The workflow program processes user input at the current node to determine whether there is a next node in the workflow for the processed user input. The workflow program transmits information on the current node to an analyzer in response to determining that there is no next node in the workflow. The analyzer processes the information on the current node to determine whether there are modifications to the current node. The analyzer transmits to the workflow program an update including the determined modifications to the current node in response to determining the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Davis, David Robert Draeger, Russell Blake Wright
  • Publication number: 20160080387
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing databases using a common web interface are provided. A method for transmitting data retrieved from an endpoint device to a client device using a common web interface includes providing the common web interface to the client device. The common web interface allows access to a plurality of endpoint devices, each endpoint device comprising a unique endpoint address. The method further includes receiving, by a computer, identification data from the client device, retrieving an endpoint address for one of the plurality of endpoint devices based on the identification data, connecting to the endpoint device corresponding to the endpoint address, retrieving data from the endpoint device, and transmitting the retrieved data to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Mark McCray, Eric Scott Davis
  • Publication number: 20160016083
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an online or mobile application for playing a location-based multiplayer game. In one configuration and by non-limiting example, the game is a cross-platform, location-based, massively-multiplayer game of strategy. Players interact to capture millions of battle zones that correspond to real world locations in hundreds of countries using their mobile devices, web browsers, and consoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Davis, Jeff Diercks, Donn Felker, Jessy Houle, Dave MacDonald, Justin Peck, Andy Pickett
  • Patent number: 9226559
    Abstract: A front cover for a portable electronic device, such as a tablet computer, includes a plurality of panel sections and a plurality of hinges formed in the front cover. Each panel section is separated from another by a hinge. This front cover can be folded along the hinges to act as stand for the portable electronic device. This stand can support the device in various working and viewing angles, for both portrait and landscape orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Incase Designs Corp.
    Inventors: Markus Diebel, Scott Davis, Luke Arthur Pushee, Bruce Owyoung, Timothy Ahn
  • Patent number: 9220345
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device comprising a body that defines a first surface and a second surface and defines a first, second, third and fourth lateral sides. In one embodiment, the first surface defines a first aperture and a second aperture. In one embodiment, the thickness of the body along the first lateral side is greater than the thickness of the body along the third lateral side such that the first surface slopes downwards from the first lateral side towards the third lateral side. The device not only reduces the pressure on the tailbone or on the hemorrhoids for a person in a seated position, but also reduces the discomfort or pain associated with settling into a seated position or emerging from a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Richard Coponi, Calvin G. Tabor
  • Patent number: 9208344
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing databases using a common web interface are provided. A method for transmitting data retrieved from an endpoint device to a client device using a common web interface includes providing the common web interface to the client device. The common web interface allows access to a plurality of endpoint devices, each endpoint device comprising a unique endpoint address. The method further includes receiving, by a computer, identification data from the client device, retrieving an endpoint address for one of the plurality of endpoint devices based on the identification data, connecting to the endpoint device corresponding to the endpoint address, retrieving data from the endpoint device, and transmitting the retrieved data to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LexisNexis, A Division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McCray, Eric Scott Davis
  • Patent number: 9149125
    Abstract: An adjustable support apparatus for a user includes a cover defining a user-facing surface, at least a portion of the user-facing surface defining a plurality of raised members each defining a distal end, wherein the distal end of each raised member defines a planar surface. The apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism at least partially enclosed by the cover. The adjustment mechanism is structured to be urged toward or away from the user so as to urge the user-facing surface and plurality of raised members toward or away from the user, respectively, so as to increase or decrease, respectively, the spacing between the distal ends of the raised members to thereby increase or decrease, respectively, the force exerted by the raised members against the user so as to impart a stretching or lengthening effect or contraction effect, respectively, on the vertebral column and intervertebral discs of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Richard Coponi
  • Publication number: 20150265793
    Abstract: Presented herein are various methods for using head positioning pillows to optimize respiratory titration. More specifically, the method includes a first step of determining an optimal relative angle between the patient's mouth and throat at which the patient's airway is optimally opened. The method also includes a second step of adjusting a head positioning pillow relative to the patient's head and neck to modify and transform the configuration of the pillow to achieve a pillow position that achieves the optimal relative angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Antonio Arcieri
  • Publication number: 20150253041
    Abstract: Materials, components, and methods consistent with the disclosure are directed to the fabrication and use of micro scale channels with a gas, where the micro channel can include a base (110) and a side (120), where the base and the side can be configured to form at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening. The micro channel can be configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel. The side can have a thickness in a range 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m, where the micro channel with a thickness in a range 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Forced Physics LLC
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • Patent number: D760610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: A & E Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Davis, Vincent Dahl, Jason Horner