Patents by Inventor Thomas Gernetzke

Thomas Gernetzke 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: 20250177202
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
  • Patent number: 12171688
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
  • Publication number: 20230390111
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
  • Patent number: 10974692
    Abstract: A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes electronic switches and sensors that have to be actuated along with engaging the locking tongue in the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Liteplo, Jason G. Sidman, Eric A. Miller, Jr., Michael D. Tinstman, Arnold J. Herberg, Paul DiTullio, Marcus R. Hanna, Thomas Gernetzke, John D. Fiegener, Ryan Thompson, Daniel Bloch
  • Publication number: 20200131842
    Abstract: A two-piece door kit comprises frame members comprising two or more components that can be connected with one or more connectors, a bottom panel that can be movably attached to the frame members, a top panel that can be movably attached to the frame members. Prior to assembly, the two-piece door kit may be packaged compactly in a carton in which the total of the carton length plus twice the carton width plus twice the carton thickness is less than or equal to 165 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Thomas, Thomas Gernetzke, Marcus Hanna, Ryan Thompson, Michael Tinstman
  • Patent number: 10246048
    Abstract: A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes a button that has to be pushed by a user after the seatbelt is engaged with the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Liteplo, Jason G. Sidman, Arnold J. Herberg, John D. Fiegener, Daniel Bloch, Ryan Thompson, Michael D. Tinstman, Ben Bangser, Thomas Gernetzke, Daniel L. Ha, Matthew P. Cioe
  • Publication number: 20190069624
    Abstract: A device for dissipating forces on a helmet is described. The device includes first and second dissipation layers, each having a leaf spring. A helmet including such device is further described. A leaf spring for dissipating forces on a curved object is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Zoltan Mesko, Benjamin R. Rizzo, John D. Fiegener, Paul DiTullio, William P. Liteplo, Thomas Gernetzke, Marcus R. Hanna
  • Publication number: 20190031139
    Abstract: A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes electronic switches and sensors that have to be actuated along with engaging the locking tongue in the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: William P. Liteplo, Jason G. Sidman, Eric A. Miller, JR., Michael D. Tinstman, Arnold J. Herberg, Paul DiTullio, Marcus R. Hanna, Thomas Gernetzke, John D. Fiegener, Ryan Thompson, Daniel Bloch
  • Publication number: 20170066404
    Abstract: A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes a button that has to be pushed by a user after the seatbelt is engaged with the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: William P. Liteplo, Jason G. Sidman, Arnold J. Herberg, John D. Fiegener, Daniel Bloch, Ryan Thompson, Michael D. Tinstman, Ben Bangser, Thomas Gernetzke, Daniel L. Ha, Matthew P. Cioe
  • Patent number: D665551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Scandinavian Child LLC
    Inventors: Joseph B. Grand, John D. Fiegener, Samuel Wald, Thomas Gernetzke, William Vespa, William Liteplo, Cornelius McDaid, Brenda G. Berg
  • Patent number: D811643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: John Hollander, Chris Bailey, Ryan Thompson, Michael Tinstman, Thomas Gernetzke