Patents by Inventor William Fisher

William Fisher 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).

  • Active current injection through a fuse for an electric mobile application
    Patent number: 11050241
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle including a power distribution unit comprising a current protection circuit disposed in a motive electrical power path with a thermal fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement; a current source circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse to determine that a load power throughput is low, and to inject a current across the thermal fuse in response to the load power throughput being low; a voltage determination circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse to determine an injected voltage amount and/or a thermal fuse impedance value; where the power distribution unit further includes a plurality of fuses, and where the current source circuit is structured to inject the current across each fuse in a selected sequence; and where the current source circuit injects the current across a first and second fuse of the plurality of fuses at a first shutdown event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION IN AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION USING A COMBINED BREAKER AND RELAY
    Publication number: 20210184455
    Abstract: A mobile application including a motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load electrically coupled through a power bus; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load; wherein the breaker/relay includes: a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus; a movable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact; an armature operationally coupled to the movable contact; a first biasing member biasing the armature into a position; a contact force spring operationally interposed between the armature and the movable contact, such that in response to the armature being in the second position, the contact force spring is at least partially compressed; and a means for adjusting an opening velocity of the moveable contact, wherein the opening velocity comprises an initial velocity of the moveable contact away from the fixed contact in response to a physical opening response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION IN AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION USING A COMBINED BREAKER AND RELAY
    Publication number: 20210111552
    Abstract: A mobile application including a motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load electrically coupled through a power bus; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, wherein the PDU comprises a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device; wherein the breaker/relay comprises: a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus; a movable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact; an armature operationally coupled to the movable contact; a first biasing member biasing the armature into one of the first position or the second position; and a means for adjusting a down force value of the movable contact during run-time operations of the motive power circuit, wherein the down force value biases the moveable contact into electrical coupling with the fixed contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher
  • Systems and methods for planar waveguide mounting and cooling
    Patent number: 10965084
    Abstract: A planar waveguide laser crystal assembly includes an optical bench and a laser crystal mount mounted on the optical bench. The laser crystal mount includes an upper housing having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal, a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal surface, and a cavity defined between the interior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings. A laser crystal is mounted in the cavity of the laser crystal mount. Each of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings is oriented parallel to a length of the laser crystal. The laser crystal assembly further includes a heat dissipating structure thermally coupled to at least one of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings to dissipate heat transferred from the laser crystal mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael L. Tartaglia, Jesse William Fisher, Andrew Jonathan Gleason, Ezra Takara, Joel R. Blum, Luke L. Wieczorek, Ross Hartman, Samuel David Field, Zachary William Prezkuta, Robert Andrew Sims, Micah Boyd
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION IN AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION USING A COMBINED BREAKER AND RELAY
    Publication number: 20210083470
    Abstract: A mobile application including a motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, wherein the PDU includes a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device; wherein the breaker/relay includes: a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus; a movable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact; an armature operationally coupled to the movable contact; a first biasing member biasing the armature into one of the first position or the second position; and a means for selecting a down force value of the movable contact, thereby providing for a physical opening response of the breaker/relay in response to a selected current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher
  • INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210072840
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a frame defining an opening, a plurality of cards, and an HMI. The cards have a front face, a rear face, one or more circuits, and a data interface on the rear face in communication with the circuits. The cards include one or more first cards and one or more second cards. The first cards front face have a vertical dimension approximately equal to a vertical dimension of the opening. The second cards have a body, a nose projecting from the body defining the second cards front face, and a recess between the nose and body. The HMI includes a front face received within the opening. The first cards are positioned with the front face visible within the opening. The second cards are positioned with the nose visible within the opening and a depth of the HMI received within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Steven William Fisher, Kevin Doan, Malgorzata Anna Blachnicka, Bryan Shadel
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION IN AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION USING A COMBINED BREAKER AND RELAY
    Publication number: 20210036505
    Abstract: A mobile application including a motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, wherein the PDU comprises a breaker/relay including: a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus; a movable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact; an armature operationally coupled to the movable contact; a first biasing member biasing the armature; a contact force spring operationally interposed between the armature and the movable contact; and a means for adjusting an opening velocity of the moveable contact during a run-time operation of the power bus, wherein the opening velocity comprises an initial velocity of the moveable contact away from the fixed contact in response to a physical opening response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher
  • VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A SELF-PROPELLED TRAILER
    Publication number: 20210001718
    Abstract: A vehicle drive system is provided and generally includes a hub assembly, a drive assembly and a clutch assembly. The hub assembly having wheel hub upon which a wheel assembly is secured. The drive assembly is configured to selectively transmit a motive force to cause the hub to turn. The drive assembly includes a motor with a rotatable motor output shaft, a transmission assembly connected to the motor and receiving in the rotatable motor output shaft into an input opening therein, and a driveshaft connected to an output from the transmission assembly. The clutch assembly connected to the hub assembly and engagebale to the driveshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: New Heights, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Beiler, William Fisher, Raymond Beiler, Jeremiah Weaver
  • LOCKING MECHANISM FOR SELF-PROPELLED TANDEM AXLE TRAILER
    Publication number: 20210001939
    Abstract: A trailer for towing by a power vehicle is provided and generally includes a frame and a tandem wheel assembly. The trailer is provided with a drive assembly having a locking mechanism to selectively engage the drive from the motor to the wheels of the trailer. The locking mechanism having a reciprocating pushing member that may push an urging member to act upon a flanged driveshaft to selectively engage a clutch of the drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: New Heights, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Beiler, William Fisher, Raymond Beiler, Jeremiah Weaver
  • SELF-PROPELLED TANDEM AXLE TRAILER
    Publication number: 20210001938
    Abstract: A trailer for towing by a power vehicle is provided and generally includes a frame and a tandem wheel assembly. The frame forms an undercarriage chassis which the tandem wheel assembly is positioned there under. The undercarriage chassis includes a steerable rear wheel assembly, a steerable front wheel assembly, and an extension assembly moving the front wheel assembly between trailing position and a self-propelled position where the rear wheel assembly and the front wheel assembly are positioned to equally support the undercarriage chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: New Heights, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Beiler, William Fisher, Raymond Beiler, Jeremiah Weaver
  • SELF-PROPELLED TANDEM AXLE TRAILER
    Publication number: 20210001937
    Abstract: A trailer for towing by a power vehicle is provided and generally includes a frame and a tandem wheel assembly. The frame forms an undercarriage chassis which the tandem wheel assembly is positioned there under. The undercarriage chassis includes a rear wheel assembly, a front wheel assembly, and an extension assembly moving the front wheel assembly between trailing position and a self-propelled position. At least one of the wheel assemblies is powered by a selectively engageable drive assembly including a motor, transmission, driveshaft, selectively engageable clutch and hub, to drive the rotation of at least one of the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: New Heights, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Beiler, William Fisher, Raymond Beiler, Jeremiah Weaver
  • Body model for temporary hemorrhage control training and simulation
    Patent number: 10885813
    Abstract: A body model system for temporary hemorrhage control training and simulation includes a frame simulating at least a torso of the body having a hollow portion, a simulated artery positioned in the hollow portion, a thigh patch mounted to the frame proximate the hollow portion, a pump connected in fluid communication with the simulated artery and a reservoir connected in fluid communication with the simulated artery and the pump. The frame is substantially rigid. The thigh patch is constructed of a resilient material that is pierceable by a needle. The simulated artery extends through the thigh patch. The pump is configured to produce a pulsatile flow in the simulated artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PRYTIME MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Todd J. Krummenacher, Curtis J. Franklin, Luke William Fisher, Eric Pointer, Jeremy Reynolds
  • Dual Purpose Food Packaging Refill Container and Waste Receptacle
    Publication number: 20200391931
    Abstract: A dual purpose food packaging refill and waste receptacle is disclosed. The receptacle is substantially impervious to passage of oxygen and water, thus, preserving freshness of snack foods, such as sunflower seeds or nuts. The receptacle includes a food grade bag affixed to pliable or semi-rigid cylinder that may be sealed at the opening. Once the receptacle is opened and the contents extracted, such as being emptied into a separate container, the packaging serves as a receptacle for residual material that is inedible or otherwise disposable by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: New Direction Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Chad William Fisher, Riccardo James Tresso
  • Squeezable container and dispenser assembly and method of use
    Patent number: 10865016
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a squeezable container having first and second compartments for storing and dispensing a plurality of items. The container may be used for storing food items and remnant food waste in the first or second compartments while keeping them physically separate to prevent mixing of fresh food and waste products. The squeezable container may be made of a resilient, flexible material which retains its original shape while allowing a user to deform the container to access the first and second containers, Apertures in top and bottom caps of the container assembly flexibly deform to allow access to the first and second compartments when the top and bottom caps are squeezed by a user, while retaining food items therein when not squeezed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: New Direction Packaging
    Inventors: Chad William Fisher, Amy Linda Fisher, Riccardo James Tresso, Thomas Grant Fisher
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PORT POWER CONVERTER AND INVERTER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200381915
    Abstract: A multi-port power converter includes a housing that includes a plurality of ports structured to electrically interface to a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads having distinct electrical characteristics. The multi-port power converter also includes a plurality of solid state components configured to provide selected electrical power outputs and to accept selected electrical power inputs and a plurality of solid state switches configured to provide selected connectivity between the plurality of solid state components and the plurality of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Robert Stephen Douglass, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Suda, Asheesh Soni, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Justin Keith Griffiths
  • Handheld multi-needle vascular access device
    Patent number: 10806903
    Abstract: A handheld vascular access device for gaining access to a patient's vessel includes a hub, a plurality of access needles and a manifold. The hub has an inner wall and side walls that define a plurality of ports. Each of the plurality of ports has a proximal port end and a distal port end. The proximal port ends define a proximal cross-sectional area and the distal port ends define a distal cross-sectional area. The proximal cross-sectional areas are greater than the distal cross-sectional areas. Each of the plurality of ports taper from the proximal port end to the distal port end. The plurality of hollow access needles is arranged along a plane and fixedly coupled to the distal end of the hub. Each of the plurality of needles has a tip. The manifold removably engages the hub at the proximal end of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PRYTIME MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Franklin, Luke William Fisher, Elijah Atkinson, Todd J. Krummenacher, Jonathan L. Eliason
  • POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CIRCUIT PROTECTION FOR A MOBILE APPLICATION HAVING A HIGH EFFICIENCY INVERTER
    Publication number: 20200274375
    Abstract: A power electronics assembly for a mobile application includes a first power electronics component selectively coupled to a high source on a first side and coupled to a high voltage battery on a second side, a second power electronics component selectively coupled to one of a low load or a low voltage battery on a first side and coupled to the high voltage battery on a second side; and a controller, including an operating mode circuit structured to determine a discharge operating mode for the mobile application, a power electronics configuration circuit structured to provide a switch state value for the first power electronics component and the second power electronics component in response to the discharge operating mode, and wherein the first power electronics component and the second power electronics component are responsive to the switch state value to coupled selected ones of the high source, low load, and low voltage battery to the high voltage battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Justin Keith Griffiths, Nilesh Surase, Ritika Shetty, Shalini Tripathy, Somdut Dey, Madhavi Gupta, Mayura Madane, Sadiya Qureshi, Toseed Khan, Amit Chavan, Kumar Prasad Telikepalli, Atul Solvande, Hao Wang, Jiong Chen, Yueyue Deng, Jason Carroll, Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur, Jacob William Green, Chakravarthi Kandru, Cheng Luo, Tianyang Jiang, Cheng Wan, Ye Zhu, John Trublowski, Robert Stephen Douglass, Rajen Modi, Nilay Mehta, Laura Natali Valencia Fritsch, Han Li, Dongxin Jin, Lewei Qian, Jun Li, Hongrae Kim, Daniel R. Ouwenga, Patrick Herranz, Miroslav Horejs, Rohit Baranwal, Zhe Zhang, Martin Wayne Mensch, Brandon William Fisher, Austin Robert Zurface, Jeff Howard Urian, James David, Bharath Kumar Suda, Asheesh Kumar Soni, Rene Guy Gallet, Michael Scott Sullivan, Karsten Gerving, Guido Völlmar, Gerd Schmitz, Christoph Bausch, Ute Molitor, Lutz Friedrichsen, Kai Schroeder, Julia Otte, Madeline Philipsohn, Norbert Roesner, Volker Lang, Johannes Meissner, Paolo D'Amico, Jalpa Shah, Meng Wang, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn, Niles Stephen Ramseyer, Dennis Dukaric, Matt Haylock, Anvaya R. Hingangave, Devendra Patil
  • Graphical dining interface
    Patent number: 10726475
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a graphical dining interface are disclosed. In one aspect, a device comprises a component image processor configured to generate a representation of at least one component of an item. The device further comprises an input device configured to receive an input from a user, where the input comprises a selection of a first component. The device further comprises an item image processor configured to generate a representation of the item, where the representation of the item comprises the representation of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Stacked Restaurants, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Motenko, Jeremiah Hennessy, Brian Pearson, Nanette McWhertor, Jordan Mozer, Jeff Carloss, Camille Mankus, Rick Valicenti, Bud Rodecker, John Pobojewski, Daniel Taylor, David Ham, Stephen Roney, Han Tran, William Fisher, Vincent Tagle, David Budlong
  • MASS SPECTROMETER COMPONENTS INCLUDING PROGRAMMABLE ELEMENTS AND DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING THEM
    Publication number: 20200234939
    Abstract: Certain configurations of mass spectrometer components are described herein that comprise one or more mass spectrometer programmable elements. In some instances, the mass spectrometer programmable element can be configured as an electrode that can function independently of any underlying substrate or component. Ion guides, lenses, ion switches, mass analyzers and other components of a mass spectrometer are described which comprise one or more mass spectrometer programmable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Tak Shun Cheung, Chui Ha Wong, William Fisher, Hamid Badiei
  • ACTIVE CURRENT INJECTION THROUGH A FUSE FOR AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20200235566
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle having a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit comprising a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit comprising a thermal fuse and a contactor in a series arrangement; a current source circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse and structured to determine that a load power throughput of the motive electrical power path is low, and to inject a current across the thermal fuse in response to the load power throughput of the motive electrical power path being low; a voltage determination circuit electrically coupled to the thermal fuse and structured to determine at least one of an injected voltage amount and a thermal fuse impedance value; and wherein the current source circuit determines the load power throughput of the motive electrical power path is low in response to the vehicle being in a shutdown state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Brandon William Fisher