Patents by Inventor Scott G. Smith
Scott G. Smith 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: 20240142737Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications device includes an enclosure defining an interior. A first fiber optic adapter is provided at the enclosure. A spool is provided at an exterior of the enclosure. A fiber optic cable, which includes a first optical fiber, is wrapped around the spool. A first fiber optic connector is mounted at a first end of the first optical fiber. The first end of the first optical fiber is positioned within the interior of the enclosure. The first fiber optic connector is inserted within the first fiber optic adapter. The enclosure and the spool are configured to rotate in unison about a common axis when the fiber optic cable is unwound from the spool.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Scott C. Kowalczyk, Trevor D. Smith, Jonathan R. Kaml, Thomas G. LeBlanc, Ronald A. Beck
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Publication number: 20240097423Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a first portion, a securement strap, and an electrical cable. The securement strap includes a track having a first terminus and a second terminus, a pulley translatably secured to the track, and an elastic member having a first end secured to the securement strap and a second end secured to the pulley. The electrical cable has a first end connected to the first portion and a second end connected to the securement strap, the electrical cable routed at least partially around the pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Liam R. Martinez, Javier Mendez, Samuel G. Smith, Scott W. Slabaugh
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Patent number: 11931312Abstract: A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Eric D. Benz, John G. Byers, Scott M. Corbin, Richard H. Heimbrock, Michael A. Knecht, Bradley T. Smith, Lori Ann Zapfe, Robert M. Zerhusen, Kenneth L. Lilly, Jonathan D. Turner, James L. Walke, Joseph T. Canter, Richard J. Schuman, Sr., John V. Harmeyer
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Patent number: 11912608Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a glass manufacturing system includes a hot-end subsystem, including: a submerged combustion melter that melts feedstock to produce molten glass; a stiller that receives the molten glass from the submerged combustion melter and that includes a stilling tank to still the molten glass and that is configured to control outflow of the stilled molten glass to effectively decouple viscosity of the molten glass from the flow rate of the molten glass and thereby control finer molten glass levels; and a finer that is mechanically decoupled from the stiller, and that receives and fines the stilled molten glass to produce fined molten glass. Many other aspects of the system are also disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Scott Weil, Randy Ernsthausen, Thomas G. Green, Shane T. Rashley, Phillip J. Rausch, Roger P. Smith, Zhongming Wang
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Patent number: 11359643Abstract: A fan having a housing including a front piece that is separable but connectable to a back piece is disclosed. The front piece has a first connecting edge and a downstream edge, and the back piece has a second connecting edge and an upstream edge. The second connecting edge is configured to be connected to the first connecting edge. The fan may include a handle, the handle having a first portion integral with the front piece and a second portion integral with the back piece, the first portion configured to be connected to the second portion. The fan may further include air guide ribs provided on an interior surface of the housing and/or a ramp that starts at a location downstream of the upstream edge of the housing and ends at the downstream edge of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SHOP VAC CORPORATIONInventors: Craig A. Seasholtz, David Martinez, Scott G. Smith, Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180266437Abstract: A fan having a housing including a front piece that is separable but connectable to a back piece is disclosed. The front piece has a first connecting edge and a downstream edge, and the back piece has a second connecting edge and an upstream edge. The second connecting edge is configured to be connected to the first connecting edge. The fan may include a handle, the handle having a first portion integral with the front piece and a second portion integral with the back piece, the first portion configured to be connected to the second portion. The fan may further include air guide ribs provided on an interior surface of the housing and/or a ramp that starts at a location downstream of the upstream edge of the housing and ends at the downstream edge of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Craig A. Seasholtz, David Martinez, Scott G. Smith, Melvin E. Wolfe, JR.
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Patent number: 8806702Abstract: A portable vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The portable vacuum cleaner includes a rechargeable battery and a DC motor. The portable vacuum cleaner further includes a DC power input port for receiving DC power from a remote power source. The DC motor is operable in response to power from either the battery or the remote power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr., Scott G. Smith
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Publication number: 20130255029Abstract: A portable vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The portable vacuum cleaner includes a rechargeable battery and a DC motor. The portable vacuum cleaner further includes a DC power input port for receiving DC power from a remote power source. The DC motor is operable in response to power from either the battery or the remote power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATIONInventors: Melvin E. Wolfe, JR., Scott G. Smith
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Patent number: 8323842Abstract: A method of operating a fuel cell is described. The method includes controlling the temperature of the anode plate and the temperature of the cathode plate to obtain a temperature difference of at least about 2° C. between the anode plate and the cathode plate. A fuel cell is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Po-Ya Abel Chuang, Wenbin Gu, Scott G. Smith
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Publication number: 20110076583Abstract: A method of operating a fuel cell is described. The method includes controlling the temperature of the anode plate and the temperature of the cathode plate to obtain a temperature difference of at least about 2° C. between the anode plate and the cathode plate. A fuel cell is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Po-Ya Abel Chuang, Wenbin Gu, Scott G. Smith
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Patent number: 6971053Abstract: A circuit and a method of operating the circuit is provided. The method generally comprises the steps of (A) receiving an explicit error checking instruction generated outside the circuit, (B) performing an error checking operation for at least one of a plurality of memory locations within the circuit, and (C) generating a result signal from the error checking operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corp.Inventor: Scott G. Smith
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Patent number: 5454690Abstract: A housing for directing air propelled by an impeller through an object such as a motor has several arcuate vanes which direct the air radially inward towards ports associated with each vane. The vanes of the housing are placed non-symmetrically about the housing, and each vane has a corresponding vane located 180.degree. around the housing. Sharp corners are eliminated on the back of each vane where the vane meets a main body, where each vane meets an outer rim and/or where each vane meets a base portion of the housing. The disclosed housing increases efficiency in moving air while decreasing the noise of the airflow.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1994Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Shop Vac CorporationInventors: Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr., Scott G. Smith
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Patent number: 5093865Abstract: The direct and reverberant sound fields heard at a live musical performance are reproduced by a speaker enclosure consisting of two sub-enclosures mounted on a base with each subenclosure housing at least one speaker, thereby realistically reproducing the music.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1990Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Inventor: Scott G. Smith