Patents by Inventor Will M. Brunner

Will M. Brunner 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: 11970179
    Abstract: In a turn signal cancelation system for a two-wheeled vehicle, a controller is adapted to automatically cancel the turn signal of the vehicle upon: (a) a determined distance traveled by the vehicle after an occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a first distance threshold and a determined yaw angle traversed by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a yaw angle threshold; and (b) the determined distance traveled by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a second distance threshold, different from the first distance threshold, independent of the determined yaw angle traversed by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZERO MOTORCYCLES, INC.
    Inventor: Will M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20230135028
    Abstract: A charging system for an electric vehicle includes: a rechargeable energy storage device adapted to store electrical energy and to supply the stored electrical energy to at least one electric motor of the vehicle to propel the vehicle; a charger adapted to supply electrical energy to the energy storage device according to a selectable power rating of at least two power ratings to charge and/or recharge the energy storage device based on a selected one of power ratings; and a controller adapted to select one of the power ratings of the charger to set the charger to charge and/or recharge the energy storage device based on the selected one of the power ratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Eland Eggers, Akshay Agrawal, Abe Askenazi, Robert Hazbun, Will M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20230101567
    Abstract: In a turn signal cancelation system for a two-wheeled vehicle, a controller is adapted to automatically cancel the turn signal of the vehicle upon: (a) a determined distance traveled by the vehicle after an occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a first distance threshold and a determined yaw angle traversed by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a yaw angle threshold; and (b) the determined distance traveled by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle exceeding a second distance threshold, different from the first distance threshold, independent of the determined yaw angle traversed by the vehicle after the occurrence of the predetermined operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Will M. Brunner
  • Patent number: 9683950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample handling assembly facilitating a sample holding cell used for XRD analysis. The assembly holds the sample cell upright during sample loading and analysis phases. The sample handling assembly is vibrated, partly by a tuning fork, to allow the powder to flow into the sample cell. After the XRD analysis, a rotating arm holding the sample cell is rotated 180° to orient the sample cell completely upside down so that the sample can be emptied. Also disclosed are jets of air that are pulsed onto the sample cell, and/or into the sample cell funnel-tube assembly, to shake and clean the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Christian Sarrazin, Aaron Troy Baensch, Will M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20160123908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample handling assembly facilitating a sample holding cell used for XRD analysis. The assembly holds the sample cell upright during sample loading and analysis phases. The sample handling assembly is vibrated, partly by a tuning fork, to allow the powder to flow into the sample cell. After the XRD analysis, a rotating arm holding the sample cell is rotated 180° to orient the sample cell completely upside down so that the sample can be emptied. Also disclosed are jets of air that are pulsed onto the sample cell, and/or into the sample cell funnel-tube assembly, to shake and clean the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Christian Sarrazin, Aaron Troy Baensch, Will M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20150003580
    Abstract: Sample cell assemblies containing and holding powdered, granular, paste, or liquid samples are assembled and manufactured in a way that allows them to be inexpensive enough to be disposable and configured to be attached to a fork member for providing shaking or vibrating movement to the samples for X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Fluorescence testing. The sample cell assemblies include the usage of double-sided adhesive films and spacer for sealing the component of the sample cell assemblies, and latches as locking means for locking and unlocking the cell assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Olympus Scientific Solutions of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Christian Sarrazin, Will M. Brunner, Sunil Ranganath Belligundu
  • Patent number: 8302477
    Abstract: A system incorporating a balanced mechanical resonator and a method for vibration of a sample composed of granular material to generate motion of a powder sample inside the sample holder for obtaining improved analysis statistics, without imparting vibration to the sample holder support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus NDT
    Inventors: Philippe C. Sarrazin, Will M. Brunner
  • Publication number: 20090235747
    Abstract: A system incorporating a balanced mechanical resonator and a method for vibration of a sample composed of granular material to generate motion of a powder sample inside the sample holder for obtaining improved analysis statistics, without imparting vibration to the sample holder support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Philippe C. Sarrazin, Will M. Brunner