Patents by Inventor William Todd Miller

William Todd Miller 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: 20230232140
    Abstract: A metallic product such as an audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance, yet allows the passage of sound. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal with polygonal openings or woven wire through which the sound may pass, the openings being defined by filaments that provide structural strength; a pretreatment film that adheres to the expanded metal base, and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the film also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: William Todd MILLER, Michael Allen JOHNSON, Robert Arthur SONNENBERG, Joel Matthew CORMIER, Richard Francois AUDI, Donald Scott SMITH
  • Patent number: 11611818
    Abstract: A metallic audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal through which sound may pass; a pretreatment film which adheres to the expanded metal base; and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the surface also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: OAKWOOD METAL FABRICATING CO.
    Inventors: William Todd Miller, Michael Allen Johnson, Robert Arthur Sonnenberg, Joel Matthew Cormier, Richard Francois Audi, Donald Scott Smith
  • Publication number: 20230064952
    Abstract: A metallic audio speaker cover and a related method of manufacturing that has a surface with a cloth-like appearance. The metallic audio speaker cover has a base of expanded metal through which sound may pass; a pretreatment film which adheres to the expanded metal base; and one or more multi-color powder coating films that adhere to the pretreatment film. In some embodiments, the surface also has anti-microbial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: William Todd MILLER, Michael Allen JOHNSON, Robert Arthur SONNENBERG, Joel Matthew CORMIER, Richard Francois AUDI, Donald Scott SMITH
  • Publication number: 20130312340
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supporting a post. In accordance with some embodiments, a subterranean support structure has a tube extension adapted for placement within a hole to receivingly nest a proximal end of a vertically extending post that extends above the hole. The tube extension has opposing first and second ends, the first end adapted for placement proximate a top elevation of the hole and the second end adapted for placement proximate a bottom elevation of the hole. A support flange circumferentially extends from the tube extension a selected distance from the second end of the tube extension. The support flange supports a column of anchoring material placed in the hole between the tube extension and a sidewall of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: William Cole Miller, William Todd Miller
  • Publication number: 20080115473
    Abstract: A computer air filter device. The computer air filter device is made up of an air filter having first and second opposite sides, and a plurality of magnets attached to at least one side of the air filter. During normal use the dust filtering device is placed over an air intake grill located in a computer housing made of ferrous metal such that the plurality of magnets holds the air filter over the air intake grill to filter air prior to the air traveling through the air filter grill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: William Todd Miller