Patents by Inventor Thomas Douglas Ridley

Thomas Douglas Ridley 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: 20240004434
    Abstract: An electronic device of converting audio to light effect includes a main body, light strips located on a back surface of the main body, and a transparent back cover; and an audio playing unit. The transparent back cover overall covers the back surface of the main body having the light strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Douglas Ridley, Raymond Zhu, Qi Xu
  • Publication number: 20210401248
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a main body and a filter assembly. The main body includes a vacuum motor for drawing a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner. The filter assembly includes a first filter, and a filter housing configured to form part of an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner. The filter assembly defines a longitudinal axis, and a through-hole which runs along the longitudinal axis through the filter assembly. Also disclosed herein is a filter assembly for said vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kristian Richard Thomas KING, Thomas Douglas RIDLEY
  • Patent number: 11116375
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle for drawing dirty air into the vacuum cleaner and an exhaust for expelling cleaned air out of the vacuum cleaner; and an air flow passage extending from the suction nozzle to the exhaust through a dirt separator. The vacuum cleaner further includes a vacuum motor arranged to draw a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle to the exhaust, the vacuum motor comprising an electric motor and an impeller which rotates about a motor axis. The vacuum cleaner further includes an electronic visual display configured to display information relating to the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum motor is housed inside a motor bucket which is positioned in the flow passage, and the electronic visual display is mounted to the motor bucket and supported thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kristian Richard Thomas King, Thomas Douglas Ridley, David Alan Millington, David Nicholas Boyce, Alan John Lea
  • Patent number: 11103116
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a pistol grip which is positioned generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner that runs from a front end to a rear end thereof. It also includes an air inlet positioned forward of the pistol grip, and a vacuum motor configured to draw dirty air into a dirt separator of the vacuum cleaner through the air inlet and exhaust clean air from the vacuum cleaner through an air outlet. The handheld vacuum cleaner further includes an electronic visual display which faces generally rearwards. The handheld vacuum cleaner may be part of a stick vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nathan Lawson McLean, Kristian Richard Thomas King, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Thomas Douglas Ridley, David Alan Millington, David Nicholas Boyce
  • Patent number: 10555600
    Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle; an electronic display, and a control circuit for activating the display. The handle includes a body and a transparent panel connected to the body. The panel defines a trough-shaped recess beneath which the display is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan George Marsh, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Sammantha Stephanie Harris, Boris Zukina, Christopher Daniel Currer Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20190183306
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle for drawing dirty air into the vacuum cleaner and an exhaust for expelling cleaned air out of the vacuum cleaner; and an air flow passage extending from the suction nozzle to the exhaust through a dirt separator. The vacuum cleaner further includes a vacuum motor arranged to draw a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle to the exhaust, the vacuum motor comprising an electric motor and an impeller which rotates about a motor axis. The vacuum cleaner further includes an electronic visual display configured to display information relating to the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum motor is housed inside a motor bucket which is positioned in the flow passage, and the electronic visual display is mounted to the motor bucket and supported thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kristian Richard Thomas KING, Thomas Douglas RIDLEY, David Alan MILLINGTON, David Nicholas BOYCE, Alan John LEA
  • Publication number: 20190183305
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a pistol grip which is positioned generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner that runs from a front end to a rear end thereof. It also includes an air inlet positioned forward of the pistol grip, and a vacuum motor configured to draw dirty air into a dirt separator of the vacuum cleaner through the air inlet and exhaust clean air from the vacuum cleaner through an air outlet. The handheld vacuum cleaner further includes an electronic visual display which faces generally rearwards. The handheld vacuum cleaner may be part of a stick vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nathan LAWSON MCLEAN, Kristian Richard Thomas KING, Leanne Joyce GARNER, Adam James BATES, Thomas Douglas RIDLEY, David Alan MILLINGTON, David Nicholas BOYCE
  • Publication number: 20180110322
    Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle; an electronic display, and a control circuit for activating the display. The handle includes a body and a transparent panel connected to the body. The panel defines a trough-shaped recess beneath which the display is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan George MARSH, Thomas Douglas RIDLEY, Sammantha Stephanie HARRIS, Boris ZUKINA, Christopher Daniel Currer WILKINSON
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    Patent number: D782640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, William Richard Hunt, Richard John Fox
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    Patent number: D782641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, William Richard Hunt, Richard John Fox
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    Patent number: D782642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Andrea Ee-Va Lim
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    Patent number: D782643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, William Richard Hunt, Richard John Fox
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    Patent number: D783140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Michael Graham Love
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    Patent number: D783141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Michael Graham Love
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    Patent number: D783142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Andrea Ee-Va Lim
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    Patent number: D783143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack
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    Patent number: D790681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Edward Poulton, Ben Thomas Edmonds, George Oram, Thomas Douglas Ridley, Leanne Joyce Garner, Adam James Bates, Peter David Gammack, Michael Graham Love
  • Patent number: D914309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Charles Franklin Gale, Kristian Richard Thomas King, Thomas Douglas Ridley
  • Patent number: D922008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Charles Franklin Gale, Kristian Richard Thomas King, Thomas Douglas Ridley
  • Patent number: D922009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Charles Franklin Gale, Kristian Richard Thomas King, Thomas Douglas Ridley