Patents by Inventor William Lamb

William Lamb 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: 20260018016
    Abstract: A pedestal system including a pedestal is described. The pedestal includes a base, an access door, and a button deck. The access door is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal. The button deck includes one or more of a display and a button panel including one or more buttons. The button deck is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Timothy Barbour, Lori Weaver, Ryan Priddy, Kiran Dundaraddi, William Lamb
  • Patent number: 12444265
    Abstract: A pedestal system including a pedestal is described. The pedestal includes a base, an access door, and a button deck. The access door is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal. The button deck includes one or more of a display and a button panel including one or more buttons. The button deck is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Barbour, Lori Weaver, Ryan Priddy, Kiran Dundaraddi, William Lamb
  • Publication number: 20250157285
    Abstract: A brushless motor system for use with a mechanical reel gaming machine is provided. The brushless motor system includes a reel hub and a reel frame rotationally attached to a center shaft of the reel hub. The brushless motor system also includes a permanent magnet (PM) rotor attached to the reel frame and including a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the PM rotor. The brushless motor system further includes a stator including stator coils attached to the reel hub, the plurality of stator coils are mounted parallel to a surface of the PM rotor at a separation distance. The stator causes the PM rotor to rotate during activation of the stator without direct contact between the stator and the rotor, thereby causing the display of one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols during the wagering game based on the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: William Lamb, Thach Du, Charles A. Liter
  • Patent number: 12230093
    Abstract: A brushless motor system for use with a mechanical reel gaming machine is provided. The brushless motor system includes a reel hub and a reel frame rotationally attached to a center shaft of the reel hub. The brushless motor system also includes a permanent magnet (PM) rotor attached to the reel frame and including a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the PM rotor. The brushless motor system further includes a stator including stator coils attached to the reel hub, the plurality of stator coils are mounted parallel to a surface of the PM rotor at a separation distance. The stator causes the PM rotor to rotate during activation of the stator without direct contact between the stator and the rotor, thereby causing the display of one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols during the wagering game based on the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: William Lamb, Thach Du, Charles A. Liter
  • Publication number: 20240212424
    Abstract: A pedestal system including a pedestal is described. The pedestal includes a base, an access door, and a button deck. The access door is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal. The button deck includes one or more of a display and a button panel including one or more buttons. The button deck is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Barbour, Lori Weaver, Ryan Priddy, Kiran Dundaraddi, William Lamb
  • Patent number: 11954964
    Abstract: A pedestal system including a pedestal is described. The pedestal includes a base, an access door, and a button deck. The access door is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a first open position and a first closed position wherein the access door is configured to allow access to an interior portion of the pedestal. The button deck includes one or more of a display and a button panel including one or more buttons. The button deck is rotatably coupled to the pedestal between a second open position and a second closed position wherein the button deck is configured to allow access to the interior portion of the pedestal when the button deck is in the second open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Barbour, Lori Weaver, Ryan Priddy, Kiran Dundaraddi, William Lamb
  • Publication number: 20240096165
    Abstract: A brushless motor system for use with a mechanical reel gaming machine is provided. The brushless motor system includes a reel hub and a reel frame rotationally attached to a center shaft of the reel hub. The brushless motor system also includes a permanent magnet (PM) rotor attached to the reel frame and including a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the PM rotor. The brushless motor system further includes a stator including stator coils attached to the reel hub, the plurality of stator coils are mounted parallel to a surface of the PM rotor at a separation distance. The stator causes the PM rotor to rotate during activation of the stator without direct contact between the stator and the rotor, thereby causing the display of one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols during the wagering game based on the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: William Lamb, Thach Du, Charles A. Liter
  • Publication number: 20240087415
    Abstract: A slot type game with one or more dynamic paylines and/or dynamic payline modifiers includes a grid or matrix of symbols for which one or more symbol outcomes may be determined and presented. In embodiments with a dynamic payline, the slot type game also includes a payline determination for which a payline outcome may be determined and presented. The payline outcome may correspond to positions of symbols in the grid or matrix and may determine whether or not the corresponding symbols in the grid or matrix are winners. In embodiments with a dynamic payline modifier, the slot type game also includes a payline modifier for which a payline modifier outcome may be determined and presented. The payline modifier outcome may correspond to positions of symbols in one or more paylines and may determine whether or not the one or more paylines and/or symbols are modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, Hua Xu, David Marsh, Karl Roelofs, William Lamb
  • Patent number: 11887429
    Abstract: A brushless motor system for use with a mechanical reel gaming machine is provided. The brushless motor system includes a reel hub and a reel frame rotationally attached to a center shaft of the reel hub. The brushless motor system also includes a permanent magnet (PM) rotor attached to the reel frame and including a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the PM rotor. The brushless motor system further includes a stator including stator coils attached to the reel hub, the plurality of stator coils are mounted parallel to a surface of the PM rotor at a separation distance. The stator causes the PM rotor to rotate during activation of the stator without direct contact between the stator and the rotor, thereby causing the display of one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols during the wagering game based on the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: William Lamb, Thach Du, Charles A. Liter
  • Patent number: 11495082
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a first display device operable to present a game, an activation structure, a three-dimensional second display device positioned relative to the first display device and the activation structure, and a game controller having at least one processor and a memory storing a set of symbols and at least a sequence of instructions. When the instructions are executed, the game controller causes the at least one processor to at least levitate the three-dimensional second display device relative to the first display device and the activation structure, move the three-dimensional second display device in relation to at least one of a plurality of axes, and display game information on the three-dimensional second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. (ATI)
    Inventor: William Lamb
  • Publication number: 20220343720
    Abstract: A brushless motor system for use with a mechanical reel gaming machine is provided. The brushless motor system includes a reel hub and a reel frame rotationally attached to a center shaft of the reel hub. The brushless motor system also includes a permanent magnet (PM) rotor attached to the reel frame and including a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the PM rotor. The brushless motor system further includes a stator including stator coils attached to the reel hub, the plurality of stator coils are mounted parallel to a surface of the PM rotor at a separation distance. The stator causes the PM rotor to rotate during activation of the stator without direct contact between the stator and the rotor, thereby causing the display of one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols during the wagering game based on the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: William Lamb, Thach Du, Charles A. Liter
  • Publication number: 20220284757
    Abstract: A slot type game with one or more dynamic paylines and/or dynamic payline modifiers includes a grid or matrix of symbols for which one or more symbol outcomes may be determined and presented. In embodiments with a dynamic payline, the slot type game also includes a payline determination for which a payline outcome may be determined and presented. The payline outcome may correspond to positions of symbols in the grid or matrix and may determine whether or not the corresponding symbols in the grid or matrix are winners. In embodiments with a dynamic payline modifier, the slot type game also includes a payline modifier for which a payline modifier outcome may be determined and presented. The payline modifier outcome may correspond to positions of symbols in one or more paylines and may determine whether or not the one or more paylines and/or symbols are modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, Hua Xu, David Marsh, Karl Roelofs, William Lamb
  • Patent number: D969928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: William Lamb
  • Patent number: D978246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ariel Turgel, Daniel Harden, Cheng-Fu Hsieh, Bruce Urban, Dominic DeMarco, Timothy Barbour, Ryan Priddy, William Lamb, Raquell Verri, Ryan Slaybaugh, James Vicain
  • Patent number: D1040237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Urban, James Stair, William Lamb, Dominic DeMarco, Ariel Turgel, Dan Harden
  • Patent number: D1040238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Urban, James Stair, William Lamb, Dominic DeMarco, Ariel Turgel, Dan Harden
  • Patent number: D1042647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Urban, James Stair, William Lamb, Dominic DeMarco, Ariel Turgel, Dan Harden
  • Patent number: D1074434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lamb
  • Patent number: D1077916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ariel Turgel, Daniel Harden, Cheng-Fu Hsieh, Bruce Urban, Dominic DeMarco, Timothy Barbour, Ryan Priddy, William Lamb, Raquell Verri, Ryan Slaybaugh, James Vicain
  • Patent number: D1109240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lamb