Patents by Inventor Timothy Roberts

Timothy Roberts 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: 12290486
    Abstract: A percussive massage device includes a housing. The housing defines a handle portion and a corner where the handle portion meets another portion of the housing. The percussive massage device also includes a motor contained within the housing, a reciprocation shaft coupled to the motor and configured to reciprocate when the motor is active, and a heart rate sensor located at the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenger Zhou, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Timothy Roberts, Sunny Wang, Lymond Lin, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, Alex Zhu, Richard Tang, Yc Liu, Yano Pang, Phil Huang
  • Patent number: 12285379
    Abstract: A massage head for a percussive therapy device includes a base. The base is configured to connect a massage attachment to a reciprocating shaft of a percussive therapy device. The massage head also includes an end portion that includes a heater. The massage head also includes a medial portion located between the base and the end portion. The medial portion is configured to resiliently bias the end portion away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenger Zhou, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Timothy Roberts, Sunny Wang, Lymond Lin, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, Alex Zhu, Richard Tang, Yc Liu, Yano Pang, Phil Huang
  • Patent number: 12283362
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for generating a message to a friend of a user is provided, comprising: processing activity data of a first user measured by an activity monitoring device to update a value of an activity metric for the first user; identifying a change in an inequality relationship between the value of the activity metric for the first user and a value of the activity metric for a second user; in response to identifying the change in the inequality relationship, prompting the first user to generate a message to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Nichiketa Choudhary, David Knight, Timothy Roberts
  • Publication number: 20250114287
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to characteristics and parameters of color coatings on keratin fibers. The color coatings are produced from compositions of several kinds of polymers that enable the color coatings to exhibit adherence, remanence, wear fastness and resistance to environmental attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Graham Neil Mckelvey, Matija Crne, Simon Paul Godfrey, Corinne Violette Mohr, Ingo Weber, Swapna Pinakattu, Patrick Alexander Kiefer, Petra Barbara Braun, Andrej Gross, Felix Herkner, Axel Meyer, Carl Uwe Oswald Ludwig Schmidt, Michael A. Brook, Timothy Robert Clark, Jüergen Karl Anton Schatz, Claus Schreiner
  • Patent number: 12263312
    Abstract: A facial wearable device for providing external stimuli to a user comprises a foldable frame, a flexible layer, an airbag layer, a plurality of heating pads, a plurality of vibrating motors, and a sensor. The flexible layer may couple to a proximal side of the foldable frame and be configured to couple to a facial area of the user. The airbag layer may be disposed between the foldable frame and the flexible layer and comprise a plurality of inflatable bladders configured to provide pressure to the facial area of the user. The plurality of heating pads may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to provide heat to the facial area of the user. The plurality of vibrating motors may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to provide vibration to the facial area of the user. The sensor may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to detect biometric data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Nazarian, Jason Wersland, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Mandar Deshmukh, Timothy Roberts
  • Publication number: 20250099324
    Abstract: A percussive therapy device includes a housing, a motor, a reciprocation shaft coupled to the motor and configured to reciprocate when the motor is active, an infrared radiation emitter contained in the housing, and a fan. The housing includes a window including a surface. The fan is configured to direct air along an air flow path, and a portion of the air flow path extends along the surface of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Zenger ZHOU, Jaime SANCHEZ SOLANA, Eduardo MERINO, Timothy ROBERTS, Sunny WANG, Lymond LIN, Tony ZHONG, Danny ZENG, Alex ZHU, Richard TANG, Yc LIU, Yano PANG, Phil HUANG
  • Publication number: 20250099325
    Abstract: A percussive massage device includes a housing. The housing defines a handle portion and a corner where the handle portion meets another portion of the housing. The percussive massage device also includes a motor contained within the housing, a reciprocation shaft coupled to the motor and configured to reciprocate when the motor is active, and a heart rate sensor located at the corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Zenger ZHOU, Jaime SANCHEZ SOLANA, Eduardo MERINO, Timothy ROBERTS, Sunny WANG, Lymond LIN, Tony ZHONG, Danny ZENG, Alex ZHU, Richard TANG, Yc LIU, Yano PANG, Phil HUANG
  • Publication number: 20250099323
    Abstract: A massage head for a percussive therapy device includes a base. The base is configured to connect a massage attachment to a reciprocating shaft of a percussive therapy device. The massage head also includes an end portion that includes a heater. The massage head also includes a medial portion located between the base and the end portion. The medial portion is configured to resiliently bias the end portion away from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Zenger ZHOU, Jaime SANCHEZ SOLANA, Eduardo MERINO, Timothy ROBERTS, Sunny WANG, Lymond LIN, Tony ZHONG, Danny ZENG, Alex ZHU, Richard TANG, Yc LIU, Yano PANG, Phil HUANG
  • Patent number: 12261419
    Abstract: A plug-on neutral (PON) device includes a housing that defines a phase cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with phase buses of a bus assembly. The phase cooperation portion is configured to be electrically isolated from the phase buses and stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly. A neutral cooperation portion is configured to physically cooperate with the neutral bus and to physically stabilize the PON device when installed. An electrical connector disposed at the neutral cooperation portion is configured to electrically connect to the neutral bus at an external end and to electrically connect to a conductive current path at its internal end. A lug assembly has one or more conductive terminal lugs, each terminal lug configured to receive current from an external neutral source via an aperture in the lug end of the housing and to electrically connect to the current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Dozier, Timothy Robert Faber, David Keith Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20250082971
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for advanced wildfire ignition prevention and notification. In one embodiment, a fire analysis and mitigation system includes a power grid including a plurality of configurable reclosers on feeders to a plurality of geographic areas. The system further includes a computing environment configured to analyze operational data for the power grid to detect a disturbance in operation of the power grid, analyze environmental data associated with the plurality of geographic areas, and reconfigure at least one recloser among the plurality of configurable reclosers based at least in part on the disturbance and the environmental data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mirrasoul J. MOUSAVI, Timothy Robert FIGURA, Giridhar IYER, Robert KARSCHNIA
  • Publication number: 20250060509
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a dispensing event in a bulk product dispensing system includes: a sensor arrangement for detecting flow of product through a detection zone, the sensor arrangement comprising a transmitter module a receiver module, wherein, in use, the flow of product through the detection zone causes a transmission beam between the transmitter module and receiver module to be altered; and at least one retainer for retaining the sensor arrangement about the detection zone. A bulk product dispensing system and method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin CARTWRIGHT, Ian TAYLOR, Timothy Robert LOWE, Hugh CONNELL
  • Patent number: 12230923
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing defining an interior cavity and extending from a mounting end to an engagement end, and at least one signal component disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. The housing is formed from a conductive composite material and engages the at least one signal component to shield the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan, Timothy Robert Minnick, David Wayne Helster, Ting Gao, Jialing Wang, Mark Wartenberg
  • Publication number: 20250049682
    Abstract: A coating, preferably a color coating, method for keratin fibers is described which includes three steps: activation, pretreatment and binding. The activation step includes one or both of a Praeparatur procedure and a Fundamenta procedure to produce modified fibers. The pretreatment step applies a pretreatment composition of at least a PTH alkoxysilane with PTH as a thiol, a protected thiol or a group complementarily reactive with thiol to the modified fibers to form pretreated fibers. The binding step applies a film forming composition to the pretreated fibers to form the color coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Wella Germany GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt HERRLEIN, Graham Neil MCKELVEY, Matija CRNE, Simon Paul GODFREY, Corinne Violette MOHR, Ingo WEBER, Swapna PINAKATTU, Tatjana SCHAEFER, Patrick Alexander KIEFER, Petra Barbara BRAUN, Andrej GROSS, Felix HERKNER, Axel MEYER, Carl Uwe Oswald Ludwig SCHMIDT, Michael A. BROOK, Claus SCHREINER, Timothy Robert CLARK, Juergen Karl Anton SCHATZ, Galina GROSS, Heiko BAUKNECHT
  • Publication number: 20250037404
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
  • Patent number: 12210335
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for measuring and reporting calibration accuracy of robots and sensors assigned to perform a task in an operating environment. One of the methods includes obtaining sensor data of one or more physical robots performing a process in an operating environment; generating, from the sensor data for a first robot of the one or more physical robots, a motion profile representing how the first robot moves while performing the process; obtaining data representing a plurality of candidate virtual robot components, each having a respective virtual motion profile and is a candidate to be included in a virtual representation of the operating environment; performing a motion profile matching process to determine a first virtual robot component from the plurality of candidate virtual robot components that matches the first robot; and adding the first virtual robot component to the virtual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Kelch, Dirk Holz
  • Publication number: 20250030127
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anode assembly for a battery cell. The battery cell comprises a separator layer, an anode layer, an anode current collector, and a seal. The anode layer is at least partially disposed on the separator layer and has a first surface facing the separator layer, a second surface facing away from the separator layer, and an outer surface extending from the first surface to the second surface. The anode layer comprises a solid-state electrolyte (SSE) having pores. The anode current collector is coupled to the second surface of the anode layer. The seal is substantially impervious to liquid. The present disclosure also provides methods of forming an anode assembly for a battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. SANTORI, Nicholas S. HUDAK, Mara A. TOLKSDORF, Gregory Thomas HITZ, Timothy Robert CURRIE, Marissa Michelle BRADLEY, Connor Jackson LEACH, Diana Marie LUTZ, Rahul JAY, Geoffrey Stephen HOWARD
  • Patent number: 12194625
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a general fixture for robotic motion planning. One of the methods includes receiving a request to generate a motion plan for manipulating a component that is part of a robotic assembly process in an operating environment, the operating environment including a fixture having a base and a mesh surface, the mesh surface having openings that are configured to constrain the orientation of the component that is part of the robotic assembly process; in response, generating a motion plan that when executed causes a robot to place an instance of the component on the mesh surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Kelch, Ning Ye
  • Publication number: 20240415226
    Abstract: An article of footwear for warm-up and active recovery includes a sole and a light therapy system coupled to the sole. The light therapy system includes a plurality of LEDs, The article of footwear also includes a battery configured to power the light therapy system and control circuitry configured to control the light therapy system. The article of footwear may also include a vibration therapy system that includes a plurality of vibrating motors. The battery may power the vibration therapy system and the control circuitry may power the vibration therapy system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jaime Sanchez SOLANA, Eduardo MERINO, Washington Alexander Silva GARCES, Timothy ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20240410928
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for fault location in an active compensation resonant grounded power distribution system. In one embodiment, an inverter is programmed to allow a configurable set of triplen harmonics to pass during the ground fault condition for a duration of time. First current sensor data from a first line sensor mounted on a line conductor is analyzed to determine that a programmable set of harmonic currents are present. Second current sensor data from a second line sensor mounted on the line conductor is analyzed to determine that the programmable set of harmonic currents are absent. The second line sensor is downstream of the first line sensor on the line conductor. A ground fault being compensated for by the active compensation resonant grounded power distribution system is determined to be present on the line conductor between the first line sensor and the second line sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Figura, Kartikeya Tripathi
  • Patent number: 12161599
    Abstract: A therapeutic system includes a device and an attachment for the device. The device includes an electrical power source and a mount. The attachment can be removably coupled to the mount. The therapeutic system also includes a first electrical connector including a socket and a second electrical connector including prongs configured to fit the socket. The attachment includes either the first or the second electrical connector, and the mount includes the other of the first or the second electrical connector. The electrical connector included by the mount is electrically connected to the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenger Zhou, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Timothy Roberts, Sunny Wang, Lymond Lin, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, Alex Zhu, Richard Tang, Yc Liu, Yano Pang, Phil Huang