Patents by Inventor Steve Merrill

Steve Merrill 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: 10829900
    Abstract: An automated rumble strip assembly includes a frame having a top surface configured to support a vehicle tire moving along the frame. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes a plurality of elongate members, each elongate member having a top surface. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes an actuator assembly configured to move the elongate members from a first position where each of the top surfaces of the elongate members is flush with the top surface of the frame, to a second position where each of the top surfaces of the elongate members is recessed relative to the top surface of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
    Inventors: Steve Merrill, Alexander Paz
  • Patent number: 10648141
    Abstract: An automated rumble strip assembly includes a frame having a top surface configured to support a vehicle tire moving along the frame. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes a plurality of elongate members disposed within the frame, wherein each elongate member includes an elongate member housing, an internal carriage assembly disposed within the elongate member housing and moveable within the elongate member housing, and an actuator assembly coupled to the internal carriage configured to move the internal carriage relative to the elongate member housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
    Inventors: Steve Merrill, Alexander Paz
  • Publication number: 20180163353
    Abstract: An automated rumble strip assembly includes a frame having a top surface configured to support a vehicle tire moving along the frame. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes a plurality of elongate members disposed within the frame, wherein each elongate member includes an elongate member housing, an internal carriage assembly disposed within the elongate member housing and moveable within the elongate member housing, and an actuator assembly coupled to the internal carriage configured to move the internal carriage relative to the elongate member housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Merrill, Alexander Paz
  • Publication number: 20180044866
    Abstract: An automated rumble strip assembly includes a frame having a top surface configured to support a vehicle tire moving along the frame. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes a plurality of elongate members, each elongate member having a top surface. The automated rumble strip assembly also includes an actuator assembly configured to move the elongate members from a first position where each of the top surfaces of the elongate members is flush with the top surface of the frame, to a second position where each of the top surfaces of the elongate members is recessed relative to the top surface of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Merrill, Alexander Paz
  • Publication number: 20170356674
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inventive water management header and method for making the same. The water management header is attached to a boiler or water heater. The water management header includes a cylindrical shell that at least partially defines an interior region. Inner and outer series of heat exchange tubes extend within the interior region of the shell from a lower end of the shell to an upper end of the shell. The header is capable of being configured to provide a unique fluid flow pattern through the boiler or water heater relative to another water heater or boiler of similar design via a waterway primary inlet, outlet, a plurality of crossovers and a plurality of barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Laars Heating Systems Company
    Inventors: Christopher J. Jacques, Steve Merrill, Christopher J. Holiday