Patents by Inventor William G. Jones

William G. Jones 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: 20250110571
    Abstract: While outputting audio content, a wearable audio output device detects a gesture performed by a hand of a user of the wearable audio output device. In response to detecting the gesture, the wearable audio output device performs a first operation corresponding to the gesture in accordance with a determination that the gesture is detected within a respective distance of a side of the user's head and is a first type of hand gesture determined based at least in part on a shape of the hand during performance of the gesture. In response to detecting the gesture, the wearable audio output device forgoes performing the first operation in accordance with a determination that the gesture is not the first type of hand gesture determined based at least in part on a shape of the hand during performance of the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: William A. Sorrentino, III, Taylor G. Carrigan, Agatha Y. Yu, Alan C. Dye, Darius A. Satongar, Hugo D. Verweij, Jack Schulze, James N. Jones, Jamie L. Myrold, Jonathan A. Topf, Joseph A. Malia, Myra Haggerty, Timo Arnall
  • Patent number: 12252877
    Abstract: A sewer cleaning machine includes a frame, a drum supported by the frame, and a motor supported by the frame and coupled to the drum. The drum includes a cable that is selectively extendable out of the drum. The motor is operable to rotate the drum. The frame is moveable between a first position, in which the drum is supported by the frame off of a surface, and a second position, in which the drum contacts the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Scott, Scott T. Moeller, Christopher S. Jones, William D. Stoneback, Warren G. Corrado
  • Patent number: 4709901
    Abstract: A remotely controllable fluid pressure actuated mechanism for controlling the actuation of a sliding gate valve or the like, for use with tank trucks, pipelines, storage tanks or the like, for helping to eliminate the possibility of hazardous spills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Betts Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl B. Pierson, Thomas E. Mooney, William G. Jones
  • Patent number: D269345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin L. Payne, Jr., Vincent J. Gambello, Phillip J. Snoke, William G. Jones, Ricky L. Sansoni
  • Patent number: D378910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Marc S. Black, Albert Wan-Hsi Chan, William G. Jones, Dennis A. Kopp, Douglas V. Mankoff, Kenneth C. Sherman, III