Patents by Inventor T. Davis

T. Davis 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: 20210319173
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain an unstructured version of a document comprising text data having a nested hierarchical structure comprising two or more levels, and to determine a syntax parse tree for the nested hierarchical structure specifying one or more list types associated with items in at least a given one of the levels in the nested hierarchical structure. The processing device is also configured to identify, in the document, a plurality of items each having one of the specified one or more list types in the syntax parse tree, to extract, from the document, portions of the text data corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of items, and to generate a structured version of the document that associates the extracted portions of the text data with the corresponding ones of the plurality of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory A. Gerber, JR., Sashka T. Davis
  • Patent number: 11141332
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of positioning a patient. The patient is provided on a support surface, an inflatable positioning mattress disposed between the patient and the support surface. Air flow into the inflatable positioning mattress is initiated to inflate the inflatable positioning mattress. A downward force is applied on the inflatable positioning mattress proximate to a first side of the support surface. A portion of the inflatable positioning mattress proximate to a second side of the support surface is raised. At least one wedge is positioned beneath the inflatable positioning mattress. Subsequently, the patient is lowered onto the at least one wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: D.T. Davis Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventor: David T. Davis
  • Publication number: 20210300654
    Abstract: A packaging device includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion by way of a first fold line. The first portion includes a first primary edge distal and parallel to the first fold line and the second portion includes a second primary edge distal and parallel to the first fold line. An arm is defined by two cut lines extending from a section of the second portion proximate the first fold line, and ending in a tab that extends from the second primary edge. In a folded state, the first primary edge is aligned with the second primary edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Brian C. Dais, Brian T. Davis, Jose Porchia, Rajarajan Ravichandran, Jennifer Shcherban
  • Patent number: 11131980
    Abstract: An electronic cutting machine includes at least one housing to which a drive roller is coupled for moving a sheet to be cut in a first direction and a cutter assembly coupled to the housing and moveable in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Crystal, Jeffery V. Gubler, Clark L. Roper, James T. Davis, II, Jim Colby, Daniel Torgerson, Alan Romig, Steven Bandis, Matthew Waibel, Robert Woldberg, Don Olsen, Matthew L. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 11123153
    Abstract: A method for ensuring hand hygiene compliance may include tracking dispensing of a plurality hand hygiene dispensers having hand sanitizer. Each hand hygiene dispenser can be associated with an individual user. A processor may determine dispensing rates of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for a plurality of predetermined time periods and each of the plurality of the hand hygiene dispensers is identified with an individual user. The average dispensing rate can be calculated taking a predetermined number of highest dispensing rates out of the plurality of predetermined time periods. The rates can be displayed to the users, and the users can be notified of proper hand hygiene compliance or if the average dispensing rate falls below a target threshold rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory T. Davis, David Beck, Ronald C. Cagle, Jessica Farrell
  • Publication number: 20210244590
    Abstract: A system includes an inflatable device having a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material, wherein the top sheet of material is connected to the bottom sheet of material thereby defining a cavity therebetween to be inflated. The device further includes a plurality of passages in the bottom sheet extending from the cavity to an exterior of the device, wherein the passages are configured to permit air to pass from the cavity to the exterior of the device. The inflatable device further includes a plurality of inflation-limiting members connecting the top sheet to the bottom sheet, and an input configured for receiving air to inflate the device. The system further includes an absorbent body pad configured to be positioned between the top sheet of material and a patient positioned on the inflatable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan A. Alvarez, David P. Beck, Jay Roberts, Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Hester C. Fletcher, Thomas Keaty, JR., Gregory T. Davis, Paul H. Hanifl
  • Publication number: 20210243268
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating activity-based network profiles for devices, and for ranking such devices using the activity-based network profiles. One method comprises evaluating device communications to identify services that communicated with devices of an enterprise; generating an activity-based network profile for each device based on the services that communicated with each respective device; clustering the devices into a plurality of clusters based on a functional characterization of the devices derived from the activity-based network profiles; and ranking the devices within a cluster based on network activity and/or network exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Sashka T. Davis, William E. Hart
  • Publication number: 20210214084
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a privacy divider configured to separate a first side of the aircraft passenger compartment suite including a first aircraft seat and a second side of the aircraft passenger compartment suite including a second aircraft seat. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a collapsible display device positioned proximate to the privacy divider of the aircraft passenger compartment suite. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a first display device and a first plate configured to be an extension of a horizontal surface in the first side when the first display device is in a first display device stowed position. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a second display device and a second plate configured to be an extension of a horizontal surface in the second side when the second display device is in a second display device stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Glenn A. Johnson, Robert D. Wilkey, Mark B. Dowty, Lyle T. Davis, Dennis M. Heuer
  • Patent number: 11058472
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic transducer, a distally extending shaft, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The ultrasonic blade includes an upper treatment side, a lower treatment side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The clamp arm is movable relative to the ultrasonic blade for clamping tissue therebetween, and it provides an RF electrode operable to seal tissue with RF energy. The RF electrode includes first and second electrode side portions. The first electrode side portion is spaced laterally outward from the first lateral side of the ultrasonic blade by a first lateral gap distance. The second electrode side portion spaced from the first electrode side portion and is spaced laterally outward from the second lateral side of the ultrasonic blade by a second lateral gap distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Jason R. Lesko, Catherine A. Corbett, Craig T. Davis, Frederick L. Estera
  • Patent number: 11051866
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft extending distally along a shaft axis, a waveguide acoustically coupled with the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled with the waveguide. A nodal support element is arranged within a distal portion of the shaft and encircles the waveguide at a distal-most acoustic node of the waveguide. The nodal support element includes a support portion aligned with the distal-most acoustic node, and a sealing portion extending axially from the support portion. The support portion engages an inner surface of the shaft and is configured to support the waveguide in coaxial alignment with the shaft axis. The sealing portion sealingly engages the inner surface of the shaft and is configured to prevent proximal ingress of fluid through the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick L. Estera, Michael A. Keenan, Craig T. Davis, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jason R. Lesko
  • Publication number: 20210200890
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for client-side encryption and/or processing of telemetry data. An illustrative method comprises providing, by a telemetry server, a query request to a telemetry client, wherein the provided query request comprises a query and an encrypted payload over which the query operates; obtaining a query result from the telemetry client, wherein the telemetry client (a) decrypts the encrypted payload using at least one decryption key, (b) processes the query request using the decrypted payload, and (c) provides the query result to the telemetry server; and aggregating the query results obtained from one or more of the telemetry clients. The telemetry client can (i) validate the decrypted payload using a signature within the decrypted payload, and/or (ii) evaluate a query type of the query to determine whether the telemetry client opted in to the query type being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Naveen Sunkavally, Sashka T. Davis
  • Publication number: 20210186596
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a rotatable electrical coupling assembly having a first part and a second part that electrically couple and rotate relative to each other. The second part is carried by and rotates with a tube collar coupled to a transducer. A portion of the transducer is inserted through an aperture of the second part, but does not contact the second part. The first part of the assembly may electrically couple to the second part via pogo pins, brush contacts, or ball bearings. Alternatively, the first part may comprise conductive channels formed in the casing. The second part may comprise a rotatable drum with a conductive trace. In some versions, one or more components may comprise MID components. In another version, the rotatable electrical coupling assembly comprises a rotatable PC board and brush contact. Further still, a circuit board may be provided with the transducer inside a transducer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel J. Mumaw, Shawn D. Bialczak, Sora Rhee, Craig T. Davis, John A. Weed, III, Kip M. Rupp, Foster B. Stulen, Timothy G. Dietz, Kevin L. Houser
  • Publication number: 20210186780
    Abstract: A transfer mattress includes a top panel, a bottom panel, an outer stringer and an inner stringer. The top panel has a perimeter including a proximal edge and a distal edge, wherein a central longitudinal axis extends from the proximal edge to the distal edge. The bottom panel has a plurality of perforations and a perimeter including a proximal edge and a distal edge coupled to the perimeter of the top panel. The outer stringer and inner stringer each have a superior edge coupled to the top panel and an inferior edge coupled to the bottom panel and a longitudinal portion that is substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis. The inner stringer is positioned between the central longitudinal axis and the outer stringer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: D.T. DAVIS ENTERPRISES, LTD. (d/b/a HOVERTECH INTERNATIONAL)
    Inventor: David T. Davis
  • Patent number: 11042637
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining assembly code of a first software module, the assembly code comprising one or more assembly functions each comprising at least one basic block. The method also includes computing fingerprints of the basic blocks of the first software module by application of a fuzzy hash function, generating a representation of the first software module as a set of assembly functions each represented as a sequence of fingerprints of its associated basic blocks, and determining a similarity score between the first software module and at least a second software module classified as a given software module type. The similarity score is based on distances between the fingerprints of the basic blocks of the assembly functions of the first software module and corresponding fingerprints of the second software module. The method further includes determining a measure of code sharing between the first and second software modules based on the similarity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sashka T. Davis, Kevin Bowers
  • Publication number: 20210179268
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a first side with a first display device, a second side with a second display device, and a privacy divider separating the first side and the second side. The first display device may be configured to actuate between a first deployed position and a first stowed position via a first stowage mechanism. The second display device may be configured to actuate between a second deployed position and a second stowed position via a second stowage mechanism. The privacy divider may include one or more panels configured to actuate between a panel deployed position and a panel stowed position. The privacy divider may be open when at least one of the first display device is in the first stowed position, the second display device is in the second stowed position, or the one or more panels are in the panel stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mark B. Dowty, Dennis M. Heuer, Lyle T. Davis, Robert J. Henshaw, Robert D. Wilkey
  • Patent number: D920801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis
  • Patent number: D920802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis
  • Patent number: D920803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis
  • Patent number: D920804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis
  • Patent number: D927314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Davis