Patents by Inventor Scott Pratt

Scott Pratt 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: 20150276125
    Abstract: Frame and lens upgrade kits for lighting fixtures. A frame bracket defines the frame area, which can be rectangular, for example. A lens frame fits just inside the frame bracket with the lens frame being releasably attached thereto. The frame bracket can be constructed from collapsible frame bracket subassemblies. For example, a rectangular frame bracket may be assembled from first and second collapsible frame bracket subassemblies that fan out and lock together to create a rigid frame bracket. The subassemblies each comprise elongated side and edge brackets that are fastened together such that they can pivot about one another. In some embodiments, one side of the lens frame is attached to a corresponding side of the frame bracket with a rotatable clip that allows the lens frame to swing such that its other side can attach to the bracket frame with an attachment latch, which can be magnetic, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: S. Scott Pratt, Nathan Snell, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150216017
    Abstract: A sensor module is integrated into a lighting fixture. The sensor module includes one or more environmental sensors and can be readily installed in or removed from the lighting fixture. In one embodiment, a heatsink of the lighting fixture is configured to receive the sensor module. Readings from the environmental sensors may be passed to control electronics associated with the lighting fixture and used to control the light output of the lighting fixture. The readings may also be passed on to other lighting fixtures, which may also use the readings to control their light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer Scott Pratt, Randy Bernard, Ethan Creasman
  • Publication number: 20150198760
    Abstract: A luminaire for use in lighting a large open space such as a parking lot or deck of a parking garage includes a plurality of optical waveguides disposed in side-by-side relationship and together defining a closed path and at least one LED associated with each optical waveguide and disposed at a first end of the associated optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR., Brian Kinnune, Gary David Trott, Mario A. Castillo, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt, Mark Dixon, William L. Dungan
  • Publication number: 20150138784
    Abstract: A sensor module is integrated into a lighting fixture. The sensor module includes one or more environmental sensors and can be readily installed in or removed from the lighting fixture. In one embodiment, a heatsink of the lighting fixture is configured to receive the sensor module. Readings from the environmental sensors may be passed to control electronics associated with the lighting fixture and used to control the light output of the lighting fixture. The readings may also be passed on to other lighting fixtures, which may also use the readings to control their light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer Scott Pratt, Shawn Leroux Heeter
  • Publication number: 20150109820
    Abstract: A luminaire for use in lighting a large open space such as a parking lot or deck of a parking garage includes a plurality of optical waveguides disposed in side-by-side relationship and together defining a closed path and at least one LED associated with each optical waveguide and disposed at a first end of the associated optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Brian Kinnune, Gary David Trott, Mario A. Castillo, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt, Mark Dixon, William L. Dungan
  • Publication number: 20140355302
    Abstract: A luminaire for use in lighting a large open space such as a parking lot or deck of a parking garage includes a plurality of optical waveguides disposed in side-by-side relationship and together defining a closed path and at least one LED associated with each optical waveguide and disposed at a first end of the associated optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR., Brian Kinnune, Gary David Trott, Mario A. Castillo, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt, Mark Dixon, William L. Dungan
  • Patent number: 8855813
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ziegler, Duane Gilbert, Christopher John Morse, Scott Pratt, Paul Sandin, Nancy Dussault, Andrew Jones
  • Publication number: 20140289992
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Ziegler, Christopher John Morse, Duane L. Gilbert, JR., Andrew Jones, Scott Pratt, Paul E. Sandin, Nancy Dussault
  • Publication number: 20140256756
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which X1, X2, X3, L, R3, R4, R5, R7 and n have the meanings given in the specification, are modulators of GPR119 and are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases such as, but not limited to, type 2 diabetes, diabetic complications, symptoms of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, dyslipidemia, and related conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Josef Roland Benscik, Steven Armen Boyd, Kevin Ronald Condroski, Jay Bradford Fell, John Peter Fischer, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Scott Pratt, Ajay Singh, Timothy M. Turner
  • Patent number: 8774966
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ziegler, Duane Gilbert, Christopher John Morse, Scott Pratt, Paul Sandin, Nancy Dussault, Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: 8670866
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ziegler, Duane Gilbert, Christopher John Morse, Scott Pratt, Paul Sandin, Nancy Dussault, Andrew Jones
  • Publication number: 20140001952
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a module for adding a defined functionality to a lighting fixture. In one embodiment, the module is configured to provide wireless communication capability to a lighting fixture. The module may include a housing that is removably attachable to the lighting fixture. The module may also include electronics that are contained within the housing and adapted to communicate with a driver module of the lighting fixture and wirelessly communicate with at least one remote entity to provide wireless communication capability to the lighting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Harris, Spencer Scott Pratt
  • Publication number: 20130265750
    Abstract: A lighting device configured to be held relative to a space extending from an opening in a first surface. A distance between first and second emitters and/or a dimension of a lens is/are larger than a largest dimension of the opening and/or a largest dimension of a power supply. Also, a bracket comprising a body member and at least two mounting clips, the body member configured to be attached to a lighting device, each mounting clip pivotable about respective pivot axes at least from a first position, where a first end region of the clip does not extend farther from an axis of the body member than all portions of the body member, to a second position, where the first end region of the clip extends farther from the axis of the body member than all portions of the body member. Also, a lighting device comprising a removable bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR., Mark D. Edmond, Dong Lu, Curt Progl, Mark Dixon, Spencer Scott Pratt, Nathan R. Snell, James Michael Lay
  • Publication number: 20130176716
    Abstract: Lighting retrofit systems and methods are disclosed that can be used with different light fixtures, but that are particularly adapted for use with retrofitting troffer-style fixtures with LED based light engines. The retrofit systems being assembled without disturbing the lighting or troffer pan or housing (“troffer pan”) for the lighting system being retrofitted. Some of these embodiments can comprise a mounting fixture or frame that can be mounted in an opening in a ceiling grid, and held in place between the grid and the troffer pan edge. The fixture or frame can comprise an opening for a light engine, with the engine being quickly and easily connected to electrical power in the troffer pan and then mountable within the frame opening. These embodiments can allow for the quick and easy construction of the retrofit system without the need for adhesives and fasteners such brackets and screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: S. SCOTT PRATT, PATRICK O'FLAHERTY, JAMES MICHAEL LAY, NATHAN SNELL
  • Patent number: 8387193
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ziegler, Duane Gilbert, Christopher J. Morse, Scott Pratt, Paul Sandin, Nancy Dussault, Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: D691761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer Scott Pratt, Nathan Ray Snell, James Michael Lay
  • Patent number: D699387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan R. Snell, Spencer Scott Pratt, James Michael Lay
  • Patent number: D730558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: William Laird Dungan, Nathan Snell, James Michael Lay, Jennifer West, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt
  • Patent number: D733347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: William Laird Dungan, Nathan Snell, James Michael Lay, Jennifer West, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt
  • Patent number: D738026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: William Laird Dungan, Nathan Snell, James Michael Lay, Jennifer West, Peter Lopez, S. Scott Pratt