Patents by Inventor Todd Whitaker

Todd Whitaker 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: 20260009285
    Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electrically-controllable component coupled to or disposed within the door, a door wiring harness, and a cover. The door defines a channel extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge thereof. The door wiring harness includes a wire extending along and within the channel. The wire is coupled to the electrically-controllable component. The cover extends along the peripheral edge and covers the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: Therma-Tru Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Fink, May Russell, Brett Finley, Jacob Weil, Daniel Schneider, Keith Butcher, Logan Harvey, Brandon Knoll, Andrew Waite, Ben Kowalski, Ryan Starling, Frances Wang, Joseph Gonzalez, David Hezlep, Steven Orchosky, Hidekazu Saegusa, Videl Smith, Bill Klein, Adam Allmandinger, Tim Quirin, Jon Klein, John Burleson, Kevin Anderson, Brian Frackelton, Todd Whitaker, George Polly, Arlber Chang, Derek Fielding
  • Patent number: 12385318
    Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electrically-controllable component coupled to or disposed within the door, a door wiring harness, and a cover. The door defines a channel extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge thereof. The door wiring harness includes a wire extending along and within the channel. The wire is coupled to the electrically-controllable component. The cover extends along the peripheral edge and covers the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Therma-Tru Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Fink, May Russell, Brett Finley, Jacob Weil, Daniel Schneider, Keith Butcher, Logan Harvey, Brandon Knoll, Andrew Waite, Ben Kowalski, Ryan Starling, Frances Wang, Joseph Gonzalez, David Hezlep, Steven Orchosky, Hidekazu Saegusa, Videl Smith, Bill Klein, Adam Allmandinger, Tim Quirin, Jon Klein, John Burleson, Kevin Anderson, Brian Frackelton, Todd Whitaker, George Polly, Arlber Chang, Derek Fielding
  • Publication number: 20250140046
    Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electronic locking mechanism coupled to the door, one or more lights coupled to the door frame, a camera system including at least two of a camera, a proximity or motion sensor, or a doorbell, and a wiring harness extending through the door frame and the door. The wiring harness is coupled to the electronic locking mechanism, the one or more lights, and the camera system. The wiring harness is configured to electrically couple to an external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Fink, May Russell, Brett Finley, Jacob Weil, Daniel Schneider, Keith Butcher, Logan Harvey, Brandon Knoll, Andrew Waite, Ben Kowalski, Ryan Starling, Frances Wang, Joseph Gonzalez, David Hezlep, Steven Orchosky, Hidekazu Saegusa, Videl Smith, Bill Klein, Adam Allmandinger, Tim Quirin, Jon Klein, John Burleson, Kevin Anderson, Brian Frackelton, Todd Whitaker, George Polly, Arlber Chang, Derek Fielding
  • Publication number: 20250116154
    Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electrically-controllable component coupled to or disposed within the door, a door wiring harness, and a cover. The door defines a channel extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge thereof. The door wiring harness includes a wire extending along and within the channel. The wire is coupled to the electrically-controllable component. The cover extends along the peripheral edge and covers the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Therma-Tru Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Fink, May Russell, Brett Finley, Jacob Weil, Daniel Schneider, Keith Butcher, Logan Harvey, Brandon Knoll, Andrew Waite, Ben Kowalski, Ryan Starling, Frances Wang, Joseph Gonzalez, David Hezlep, Steven Orchosky, Hidekazu Saegusa, Videl Smith, Bill Klein, Adam Allmandinger, Tim Quirin, Jon Klein, John Burleson, Kevin Anderson, Brian Frackelton, Todd Whitaker, George Polly, Arlber Chang, Derek Fielding
  • Patent number: 11459128
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for foldable tube with unitary hinge are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a device that may include one or more foldable tube sections configured to facilitate the deployment of an object with respect to an end portion of at least one of the one or more foldable tube sections; each of the one or more foldable tube sections may include one or more unitary hinge regions. The unitary hinge regions may include one or more longitudinal hinge regions configured to enable folding that is transverse to a primary axis of a respective foldable tube section. The unitary hinge regions may include a lateral hinge region configured to enable flattening that is parallel to a primary axis of a respective foldable tube section. Some embodiments may include a wire harness disposed within an interior portion of one or more foldable tube sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Roccor, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Keller, William Francis, Tayler Thomas, Thomas Murphey, Todd Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20200223563
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for foldable tube with unitary hinge are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a device that may include one or more foldable tube sections configured to facilitate the deployment of an object with respect to an end portion of at least one of the one or more foldable tube sections; each of the one or more foldable tube sections may include one or more unitary hinge regions. The unitary hinge regions may include one or more longitudinal hinge regions configured to enable folding that is transverse to a primary axis of a respective foldable tube section. The unitary hinge regions may include a lateral hinge region configured to enable flattening that is parallel to a primary axis of a respective foldable tube section. Some embodiments may include a wire harness disposed within an interior portion of one or more foldable tube sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Keller, William Francis, Tayler Thomas, Thomas Murphey, Todd Whitaker
  • Patent number: 10113343
    Abstract: Provided herein is a high intensity discharge light source having a thermally insulative and optically transparent sleeve for maintaining or enhancing a spectral performance parameter. The configuration of the sleeve provides an insulative volume that allows an elevated steady state operating temperature to be reached, even when the light source is cooled. The sleeve is also configured to withstand a bulb failure event, thereby protecting the surrounding environment from falling debris. Also provided herein are methods for dissipating heat from the light source without adversely affecting the bulb operating temperature or the enhanced spectral performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Keen, Todd Whitaker, Jordan Johnson, Chris Pearson, Brady Schultz
  • Publication number: 20170370570
    Abstract: Provided herein is a high intensity discharge light source having a thermally insulative and optically transparent sleeve for maintaining or enhancing a spectral performance parameter. The configuration of the sleeve provides an insulative volume that allows an elevated steady state operating temperature to be reached, even when the light source is cooled. The sleeve is also configured to withstand a bulb failure event, thereby protecting the surrounding environment from falling debris. Also provided herein are methods for dissipating heat from the light source without adversely affecting the bulb operating temperature or the enhanced spectral performance parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen KEEN, Todd WHITAKER, Jordan JOHNSON, Chris PEARSON, Brady SCHULTZ
  • Publication number: 20170142910
    Abstract: Provided herein are optical reflectors having a plurality of specially designed reflective surfaces and geometrical arrangement to provide improved illumination of a target area. Also provided are related methods for growing plants with the optical reflectors described herein. The reflective surfaces provide substantially normally aligned light over the entire target area, thereby minimizing shading issues of conventional optical reflectors. Also disclosed herein are efficient cooling by air and/or fluid that can substantially reduce cooling requirements by conventional air conditioning with attendant power savings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan JOHNSON, Stephen KEEN, Chris PEARSON, Todd WHITAKER
  • Patent number: 7272323
    Abstract: A bi-directional (BiDi) electrical to optical converter (transceiver) module is described that contains means for communicating in a full duplex fashion over one fiber. Furthermore, an automatic fail-over capability is included which allows redundancy to be build in to the transceiver. In one configuration, a BiDi transceiver module contains two lasers at different wavelengths and a means for establishing which wavelength to communicate with. An example of an application for the described invention is a storage area network application which requires redundant links and are currently bound by the number of fibers connecting to the front panels of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Omron Network Products, LLC
    Inventors: Eric B. Grann, Curtis A. Ray, Todd Whitaker, Michael J. Laha, Brian Peters
  • Publication number: 20040175181
    Abstract: A bi-directional (BiDi) electrical to optical converter (transceiver) module is described that contains means for communicating in a full duplex fashion over one fiber. Furthermore, an automatic fail-over capability is included which allows redundancy to be build in to the transceiver. In one configuration, a BiDi transceiver module contains two lasers at different wavelengths and a means for establishing which wavelength to communicate with. An example of an application for the described invention is a storage area network application which requires redundant links and are currently bound by the number of fibers connecting to the front panels of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Eric B. Grann, Curtis A. Ray, Todd Whitaker, Michael J. Laha, Brian Peters
  • Patent number: 6608697
    Abstract: A preflight system has a printer profile database containing a list of problem document elements and a list of universal resource locator addresses. Each of the universal resource locator addresses is associated with at least one of the problem document elements. The preflight system also has an analyzer that compares document elements from a print file submitted by a print buyer with the problem document elements, in order to identify those document elements occurring in the print file that may cause a problem during printing. The analyzer then compiles a list of the universal resource locator addresses associated with problem document elements found in the print file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Extensis, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Schorr, Tara E. Starr, Raymond J. Marshall, Todd Whitaker, Blake L. Sliter
  • Patent number: D455152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carma Caughlan, Wei-Tong Sun, Suzanne Taylor, Mark Albrecht, Rick Feightner, Dave Heasty, Steve Brown, Steve Rodden, Pat Rodden, Son H. Lam, Bruce Clark, Kyle Fox, Bun Tan, Larry Altendorf, Greg Lento, Rob Armstrong, Todd Whitaker, Mike Midghall, Bob Eldridge
  • Patent number: D460457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carma Caughlan, Wei-Tong Sun, Suzanne Taylor, Mark Albrecht, Rick Feightner, Dave Heasty, Steve Brown, Steve Rodden, Pat Rodden, Son H. Lam, Bruce Clark, Kyle Fox, Bun Tan, Larry Altendorf, Greg Lento, Rob Armstrong, Todd Whitaker, Mike Midghall, Bob Eldridge
  • Patent number: D461816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carma Caughlan, Wei-Tong Sun, Suzanne Taylor, Mark Albrecht, Rick Feightner, Dave Heasty, Steve Brown, Steve Rodden, Pat Rodden, Son H. Lam, Bruce Clark, Kyle Fox, Bun Tan, Larry Altendorf, Greg Lento, Rob Armstrong, Todd Whitaker, Mike Midghall, Bob Eldridge
  • Patent number: D748319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Johnson, Stephen Keen, Thomas Bollich, Chris Pearson, Todd Whitaker
  • Patent number: D748320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Johnson, Stephen Keen, Thomas Bollich, Chris Pearson, Todd Whitaker
  • Patent number: D748847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Johnson, Stephen Keen, Thomas Bollich, Chris Pearson, Todd Whitaker
  • Patent number: D748850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Surna Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Johnson, Stephen Keen, Thomas Bollich, Chris Pearson, Todd Whitaker