Patents by Inventor Will Smith

Will Smith 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).

  • Interposer tool for shaft measurement
    Patent number: 12504279
    Abstract: An apparatus for an optical based measurement machine for measuring a surface of a workpiece fixed to a rotational axis for rotation about the rotational axis, the apparatus comprising a probe configured for movement traverse to the rotational axis, the probe further configured to contact the surface of the workpiece in rotation about the rotational axis, an optical system imaging an illuminated profile of the probe, wherein the illuminated profile of the probe varies along the direction of the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Brian Deane, Edward T. Polidor, Will Smith
  • INTERPOSER TOOL FOR SHAFT MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20250271259
    Abstract: An apparatus for an optical based measurement machine for measuring a surface of a workpiece fixed to a rotational axis for rotation about the rotational axis, the apparatus comprising a probe configured for movement traverse to the rotational axis, the probe further configured to contact the surface of the workpiece in rotation about the rotational axis, an optical system imaging an illuminated profile of the probe, wherein the illuminated profile of the probe varies along the direction of the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Deane, Edward T. Polidor, Will Smith
  • Internal bypass exhaust gas cooler
    Publication number: 20070089407
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler assembly (10) with an internally located bypass tube (50), spaced apart from and disposed within a core passage (60), with an exhaust gas inlet manifold (40) directing exhaust gas to a plurality of cooling passages (52, 54, 56, 58) or to the bypass tube (50) by means of control valves (42, 44). Further provided is a detachable valve cartridge (84) with an actuator (16), with all moving components being included within the valve cartridge (84) and actuator (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Will Smith, Jon Sayers
  • Air freshener device
    Patent number: D548317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Newton, Philip William Goreham, Will Smith, David Kennedy, Chaz Nandra