Patents by Inventor Thomas Franz Enders
Thomas Franz Enders 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: 20200398170Abstract: This document describes devices and systems related to gaming-systems and gaming-system accessories. In an aspect, a display mount for mounting a mobile device having a display and a housing on a game controller is described. The display mount includes a mobile device holder configured for releasable connection to the mobile device, a controller receiver configured for releasable connection with the game controller, and an upright for spacing the mobile device holder apart from the controller receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: John Thomas McDole, Yu Bai, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders
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Publication number: 20200398171Abstract: This document describes devices and systems related to gaming-systems and gaming-system accessories. In an aspect, a display mount for mounting a mobile device having a display and a housing on a game controller is described. The display mount includes a mobile device holder configured for releasable connection to the mobile device, a controller receiver configured for releasable connection with the game controller, and an upright for spacing the mobile device holder apart from the controller receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: John Thomas McDole, Yu Bai, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders
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Patent number: 8454640Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Gyrus Ent L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Shieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, II, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Publication number: 20110083109Abstract: A method and apparatus for use with an electronic display system including a display surface wherein the system is capable of identifying a touch location on at least a portion of the display surface of a contact with the display surface, the display surface having a display area, the method for moving a cursor icon about at least a portion of the display area and comprising the steps of identifying first and second areas within the display area having first and second area surfaces, respectively, sensing a touch location on the first area surface and presenting a cursor icon on the second area surface as a function of the touch location on the first area surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Peter W. Hildebrandt, Scott Paul Gillespie, Lynda Alison Deakin, Scott E. Wilson, Ian G. Hutchinson, Timothy J. Prachar, James D. Watson, Michael H. Dunn, Guy L. Williams, Ari T. Adler, Tony P. Patron, Stephen J. Senatore, Peter S. Macdonald, Matthew A. Desmond, Graham MacDonald Hicks, David Gilmore, Katrin Wegener, Jeanne M. Ragan, Thomas Franz Enders, Douglas R. Bourn, Eric Allan Macintosh, Mark A. Zeh
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Patent number: 7799044Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Gyrus ENT L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Shieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, II, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Patent number: 7473263Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Gyrus Ent L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Shieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, II, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Patent number: 7462187Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Gyrus ENT L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Shieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, II, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Patent number: 7416539Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Gyrus Ent L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Shieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, II, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Publication number: 20040070616Abstract: A method and apparatus for use with a whiteboard and an archive memory, the whiteboard having a surface for displaying images, the method for grouping presented images together for storage in the archive memory and password protecting the image groups in separate session files where a password is subsequently required to access the session file images.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Peter W. Hildebrandt, Scott Paul Gillespie, Lynda Alison Deakin, Scott E. Wilson, Ian G. Hutchinson, Timothy J. Prachar, James D. Watson, Michael H. Dunn, Guy L. Williams, Ari T. Adler, Tony P. Patron, Stephen J. Senatore, Peter S. MacDonald, Matthew A. Desmond, Graham MacDonald Hicks, David Gilmore, Katrin Wegener, Jeanne M. Ragan, Thomas Franz Enders, Douglas R. Bourn, Eric Allan MacIntosh, Mark A. Zeh
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Publication number: 20030181934Abstract: A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: GYRUS ENT L.L.C.Inventors: Constance Elaine Johnston, Phillip Andrew Ryan, Carrie Deanne Mills, Perry Robin Mykleby, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, Benjamin Leo Rush, Tasos George Karahalios, Jacob Schieffelin Brauer, Rodney Hal Monson, Eric Christopher Sugalski, Dickon Isaacs, James Gerard Tappel, Thomas Franz Enders, Benjamin Mark Chow, Energy Cruse, Scott Andrew Brenneman
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Patent number: D929390Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yu Bai, Ian Allan Sorensen, Conor Ryan Kusich, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders, Mark Alan Nohrnberg, Roger Nihl Re
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Patent number: D956034Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yu Bai, Ian Allan Sorensen, Conor Ryan Kusich, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders, Mark Alan Nohrnberg, Roger Nihl Re
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Patent number: D997927Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yu Bai, Ian Allan Sorensen, Conor Ryan Kusich, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders, Mark Alan Nohrnberg, Roger Nihl Re, Tadashi Igarashi, Hikaru Tomizawa