Keith R Berning, Age 538089 Savage Guilford Rd, Jessup, MD 20794

6916300, Jul 12, 2005

Nov 14, 2002

10/294245

Russell D. Hester - Odenton MD, US
Alan S. Romack - Columbia MD, US
Keith R. Berning - Jessup MD, US
Thomas G. Marsden - Eldersburg MD, US
Rosa Korobkov - Timonium MD, US

Bowles Fluidics Corporation - Columbia MD

A61H023/04

601149, 148150, 2972846

A seat massager for massaging a person's back has, according to the present invention, a pair of inflatable, massage bladders configured so as to be received in close proximity to a person's back and oriented so that these bladders share an overlaid portion with each other, a pump that supplies fluid to the bladders, a fluidic having an inlet and two exhaust ports, a conduit that connects each of the fluidic exhaust ports to one of the pair of bladders, wherein the fluidic is configured so as to yield alternating flow from the exhaust ports that cyclically inflates and deflates each of the bladders so as to provide a massaging sensation to the back. This massager may also include an inflatable support bladder positioned beneath the massage bladders, another pump that supplies fluid to this support bladder, and a carrier plate on which the pumps are mounted, this plate being configured so as to aid in attaching the seat massager to the frame of a seat into which the seat massager is to be installed.

7014131, Mar 21, 2006

Feb 24, 2003

10/372597

Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US
Daniel E. Steerman - Harpers Ferry WV, US
Srinivasaiah Sridhara - Ellicott City MD, US
Gregory Russell - Baltimore MD, US

Bowles Fluidics Corporation - Columbia MD

B05B 1/08

2395891, 2392841, 2395905, 239592, 239394, 239255, 239 1, 239101, 2391021, 239 11, 137 14, 137809, 137810

A fluidic insert that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces, (2) top and bottom fluidic circuits located, respectively, at least partially within the member's top and bottom surfaces, wherein each of these circuits has at least one power nozzle, an interaction chamber, and an outlet whose exit lies within the member front surface, (3) the bottom fluidic circuit having a portion of its surface area located upstream of the power nozzle and adapted so that it can mate with a fluid inlet tube that supplies fluid to the insert, and (4) an inter-circuit flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the bottom fluid circuit to the top fluid circuit, the bottom end of this passage located such that it is downstream of the point where the inlet tube mates with the bottom circuit and upstream of the bottom circuit's power nozzle, with the top end of this passage located upstream of the top circuit's power nozzle.

7111800, Sep 26, 2006

Sep 29, 2003

10/673727

Keith R. Berning - Jessup MD, US
Russell D. Hester - Odenton MD, US
Aland Santamarina - Columbia MD, US
Ronald D. Stouffer - Silver Spring MD, US

Bowles Fluidics Corporation - Columbia MD

B05B 1/05
F15C 1/16
F15C 1/22

2395891, 137809

An improved spray head that is more effective and efficient at providing a wider range of desired spray distributions includes the following elements: (a) a plurality of fluidic oscillators, each oscillator having a fluidic circuit embedded in its top surface, with this circuit forming a path in which a fluid may flow through the oscillator, wherein these oscillators are stacked one on top of the other, with the sides of the oscillators being configured so that they stack such that the flow of fluid from adjoining oscillators in the stack have an angle of divergence between the centerlines of the planes defined by the flows from the outlets of the adjoining oscillators that is in the range of 2–5 degrees, (b) a plurality of cover plates, with each cover plate being proximate the top surface of one of the fluidic oscillators and attached to the oscillator so as to provide a seal against the flow of fluid from the oscillator's fluidic circuit, (c) a carrier assembly having a front and a rear surface and a cavity extending between these surfaces, with this cavity being configured so to receive and hold the stack of fluidic oscillators in the spray head, and (d) a stopper unit that attaches to the assembly's rear surface and seals it against leakage from the assembly's rear surface.

7246760, Jul 24, 2007

Feb 20, 2004

10/784022

Garry Marty - Fishers IN, US
Gerald McNerney - Carmel IN, US
Russell D. Hester - Odenton MD, US
Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US

Masco Corporation of Indiana - Indianapolis IN

B05B 15/08

2395874, 239552, 2395871, 239590, 239600, 45416, 285261

A swivel mount for a spray head configured to be at least partially recessed within a mounting surface of a wall.

7677480, Mar 16, 2010

Oct 6, 2005

11/245396

Gregory Russell - Baltimore MD, US
Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US
Russell D. Hester - Odenton MD, US

Bowles Fluidics Corporation - Columbia MD

B05B 1/08
B05B 1/04
F15C 1/06

2395891, 239593, 137833

For those spray applications that use a fluidic oscillator of the type that generates a spray by having a pressurized liquid flow through the oscillator and exhaust into a surrounding environment, and where such an oscillator has a boundary surface which has fabricated into it a channel in the form of what is referred to herein as fluidic circuit, an improved enclosure for this oscillator includes: a body having an interior and an exterior surface, wherein a portion of this interior surface is configured to attach to the oscillator boundary surface so as to form with the oscillator's channel an enclosed pathway through which the to-be-sprayed liquid may flow, and wherein a segment of this interior surface is configured so as to yield specified properties of the resulting spray.

8205812, Jun 26, 2012

Nov 23, 2009

12/592366

Russell D. Hester - Odenton MD, US
Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US

Bowles Fluidics Corporation - Columbia MD

B05B 1/08
B05B 1/18
B05B 1/14
F15C 1/22

2395891, 239556, 239558, 137814

An improved fluidic device that operates on a pressurized liquid flowing through it at a specified flow rate to generate an oscillating spray of liquid droplets having desired properties (e. g. , average spatial distribution, size, velocity, frequency and wavelength of liquid droplets at a defined distance in front of the device) includes: (a) a plurality of fluidic oscillators, each having a channel that is part of a fluidic circuit for inducing oscillations in the pressurized liquid that flows through the oscillator, (b) a housing having an exterior surface that includes a front face with a center-point and a rear face, (c) a plurality of passages, each of which extends through the housing and intersects with its front face to define an outlet, with each passages configured to allow for the insertion of one of the plurality of fluidic oscillators into each of the plurality of passages, and (d) a geometrical arrangement of these outlets in the housing front face that is chosen so as to achieve the desired properties of the oscillating spray when the device is operating at its specified flow rate.

2014006, Mar 6, 2014

Mar 12, 2012

14/004269

Evan Hartranft - Baltimore MD, US
Robert Bower - New Market MD, US
Srinivasaiah Sridhar - Ellicolt City MD, US
Alan Romack - Columbia MD, US
Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US
Russell Hester - Odenton MD, US
Eric Koehler - Woodstock MD, US

B60S 1/56
H04N 7/18

134 18, 134113, 134198, 348148

An external lens washing system has an aiming fixture configured to support and constrain an external lens which is exposed to the elements and apt to become soiled with debris. A nozzle assembly is configured to be supported and aimed toward the external lens by the aiming fixture and has at least one laterally offset washing nozzle projecting from the aiming fixture to a spray washing fluid toward the external lens surface, spraying at a shallow, glancing spray aiming angle to impinge upon and wash the lens external surface. Optionally, an integrated image sensor and lens washing assembly is configured for use with a remote control method for cleaning an exterior objective lens surface and includes a sealed image sensor housing assembly including an integral, remotely controllable lens cleaning system with an optimized configuration for aiming one or more cleansing sprays from one or more laterally offset fluidic oscillators.

2020012, Apr 23, 2020

Sep 30, 2019

16/588143

- Canton OH, US
Robert Bower - New Market MD, US
Srinivasaiah Sridhara - Ellicott City MD, US
Alan Romack - Columbia MD, US
Keith Berning - Jessup MD, US
Russell Hester - Odenton MD, US
Eric Koehler - Woodstock MD, US

H04N 5/217
H04N 5/232
B08B 3/02
H04N 7/18
B60S 1/56
H04N 5/225
G02B 27/00
B60S 1/52
B60R 11/04
G03B 17/08
B60S 1/08
B05B 1/08
B05B 1/06

An external lens washing system has an aiming fixture configured to support and constrain an external lens which is exposed to the elements and apt to become soiled with debris. A nozzle assembly is configured to be supported and aimed toward the external lens by the aiming fixture and has at least one laterally offset washing nozzle projecting from the aiming fixture to a spray washing fluid toward the external lens surface, spraying at a shallow, glancing spray aiming angle to impinge upon and wash the lens external surface. Optionally, an integrated image sensor and lens washing assembly is configured for use with a remote control method for cleaning an exterior objective lens surface and includes a sealed image sensor housing assembly including an integral, remotely controllable lens cleaning system with an optimized configuration for aiming one or more cleansing sprays from one or more laterally offset fluidic oscillators.