Patents by Inventor Tom Ford
Tom Ford 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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Patent number: 12279740Abstract: Provided are a storage base and a vacuum cleaner assembly having the same. The storage base is configured to store a vacuum cleaner. The storage base includes a first component connecting portion configured to store a first component of the vacuum cleaner and a second component storage portion configured to store a second component of the vacuum cleaner. The first component connecting portion and the second component storing portion are staggered with each other in a circumferential direction of the storage base.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Zhong, Tom Ford, Xuebing Yin, Yuanfu Xu, Jingying Guo, Xia Xu
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Patent number: 12251072Abstract: Provided are a scrubber brush assembly and a vacuum cleaner having same. The scrubber brush assembly includes a roller brush body and a scraping sleeve. The roller brush body is rotatable around a first rotation center line and has a bristle (12) provided thereon. The scraping sleeve is rotatable around a second rotation center line noncoincident with the first rotation center line and sleeved over the roller brush body. The scraping sleeve has a scraping sleeve hole defined thereon. The bristle is adapted to be extended out of or retracted into the scraping sleeve hole in a wall thickness direction of the scraping sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xia Xu, Tom Ford, Xuebing Yin
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Patent number: 12082766Abstract: Provided are a dust cup and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The dust cup includes: a dust cup body having a cyclone chamber enclosure plate, and a cyclone is arranged in a region enclosed by the cyclone chamber enclosure plate; and a cover plate detachably connected to the dust cup body, and a cyclone cavity is formed between the cyclone chamber enclosure plate and the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignees: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Zhong, Xuebing Yin, Tom Ford, Yuanfu Xu, Jingying Guo, Xia Xu
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Publication number: 20230051802Abstract: Provided are a scrubber brush assembly and a vacuum cleaner having same. The scrubber brush assembly includes a roller brush body and a scraping sleeve. The roller brush body is rotatable around a first rotation center line and has a bristle (12) provided thereon. The scraping sleeve is rotatable around a second rotation center line noncoincident with the first rotation center line and sleeved over the roller brush body. The scraping sleeve has a scraping sleeve hole defined thereon. The bristle is adapted to be extended out of or retracted into the scraping sleeve hole in a wall thickness direction of the scraping sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Xia XU, Tom FORD, Xuebing YIN
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Publication number: 20230020024Abstract: Provided are a dust cup and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The dust cup includes: a dust cup body having a cyclone chamber enclosure plate, and a cyclone is arranged in a region enclosed by the cyclone chamber enclosure plate; and a cover plate detachably connected to the dust cup body, and a cyclone cavity is formed between the cyclone chamber enclosure plate and the cover plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Min ZHONG, Xuebing YIN, Tom FORD, Yuanfu XU, Jingying GUO, Xia XU
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Publication number: 20220386835Abstract: Provided are a storage base and a vacuum cleaner assembly having the same. The storage base is configured to store a vacuum cleaner. The storage base includes a first component connecting portion configured to store a first component of the vacuum cleaner and a second component storage portion configured to store a second component of the vacuum cleaner. The first component connecting portion and the second component storing portion are staggered with each other in a circumferential direction of the storage base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Min ZHONG, Tom FORD, Xuebing YIN, Yuanfu XU, Jingying GUO, Xia XU
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Patent number: 9808061Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling appliance (100, 100?, 100?) comprising at least one heater (103, 104) having a plurality of heating zones (Z1-Z5). The heating zones are independently operable arranged along the length of the heater. The sequential arrangement of the independently operable heating zones helps to improve the thermal control of the hair styling appliance. The hair styling appliance may be a hair straightener, curling tong, curling wand or a crimping iron.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Jemella Ltd.Inventors: Tom Ford, Richard Sims, John Allan Sinclair, Jamie McPherson
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Patent number: 8949011Abstract: A system for maneuvering an aircraft for operations in connection with a sea-going vessel, the vessel having a designated area for landings and sling-load operations. Each of the aircraft has a navigation unit (INU) comprising a GPS receiver and an inertial navigation unit. The INU's are updated by data from the GPS receivers and the data from the shipboard unit's GPS receiver and INU are transmitted to the aircraft. The aircraft performs RTK calculations to determine a vector to the shipboard GPS antennas and modifies the vector with data from the INU's.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: NovAtel Inc.Inventors: Tom Ford, Michael Boloye
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Publication number: 20120227758Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling appliance (100, 100?, 100?) comprising at least one heater (103, 104) having plurality of heating zones (Z1-Z5). The heating zones are independently operable arranged along the length of the heater. The sequential arrangement of the independently operable heating zones helps to improve the thermal control of the hair styling appliance. The hair styling appliance may be a hair straightener, curling tong, curling wand or a crimping iron.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Tom Ford, Richard Sims, John Allan Sinclair, Jamie McPherson
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Publication number: 20100228408Abstract: A system for maneuvering an aircraft for operations in connection with a sea-going vessel, the vessel having a designated area for landings and sling-load operations. Each of the aircraft has a navigation unit (INU) comprising a GPS receiver and an inertial navigation unit. The INU's are updated by data from the GPS receivers and the data from the shipboard unit's GPS receiver and INU are transmitted to the aircraft. The aircraft performs RTK calculations to determine a vector to the shipboard GPS antennas and modifies the vector with data from the INU's.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Tom Ford, Michael Boloye
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Patent number: 6918281Abstract: The present invention provides a method of calibrating sensors within a gas detector (36) having a housing containing a gas inlet whereby gas can diffuse from the inlet to the sensors. The gas inlet in the housing is held against part (34) of the calibration apparatus to form a sealed gas interface between the apparatus and the detector; a source (10) of pressurized calibration gas is connected to the apparatus, and a predetermined dose of calibration gas is delivered to the interface between the detector (36) and the calibration apparatus (34) at a predetermined pressure. The source (10) of pressurized calibration gas may contain single or multiple calibration doses and, if the former, the calibration apparatus includes a dosing system such as cylinder (14) for metering individual doses of calibration gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Zellweger Analytics LimitedInventors: Michael Sussman, Charles Edward Downs, Tom Ford, David Smith
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Publication number: 20030167821Abstract: The present invention provides a method of calibrating sensors within a gas detector (36) having a housing containing a gas inlet whereby gas can diffuse from the inlet to the sensors. The gas inlet in the housing is held against part (34) of the calibration apparatus to form a sealed gas interface between the apparatus and the detector; a source (10) of pressurised calibration gas is connected to the apparatus, and a predetermined dose of calibration gas is delivered to the interface between the detector (36) and the calibration apparatus (34) at a predetermined pressure. The source (10) of pressurised calibration gas may contain single or multiple calibration doses and, if the former, the calibration apparatus includes a dosing system such as cylinder (14) for metering individual doses of calibration gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Michael Sussman, Charles Edward Downs, Tom Ford, David Smith