Patents by Inventor Alex James
Alex James 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).
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Patent number: 11491306Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first tubular housing including a first exit port and a second tubular housing including a second exit port. The apparatus also includes a third tubular housing coupled to at least one of the first tubular housing and the second tubular housing such that each of the first tubular housing, the second tubular housing, and the third tubular housing are fixed with respect to one another. The apparatus also includes a first catheter including a first plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within the first tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a second catheter including a second plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within of the second tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a pressure transducer line positioned in the third tubular housing and a pressure transducer coupled to the pressure transducer line.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Sanford HealthInventors: Patrick W. Kelly, Joel M. Wasdyke, Roger W. McGowan, Patrick A. Haverkost, Alex James Wiedmann
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Patent number: 11487325Abstract: A dock for a portable electronic device includes a base and an arm movably supported on the base. The arm has a ratchet gear set and a distal end configured to engage the portable electronic device to secure the portable electronic device to the base. The dock further includes a ratchet pawl positioned within the base. The ratchet pawl is movable between a first position, in which the ratchet pawl engages the ratchet gear set to inhibit movement of the arm relative to the base, and a second position, in which the ratchet pawl disengages the ratchet gear set to allow movement of the arm relative to the base. The dock further includes an electronic actuator operable to actuate the ratchet pawl from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ACCO Brands CorporationInventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Alex James Klinkman
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Publication number: 20220339875Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Kevin Robert CZINGER, Broc William TenHouten, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, John Russell Bucknell, Alex James Hamade, David Brian TenHouten
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Publication number: 20220343079Abstract: A method and system for predicting an intended time interval for a content segment may include receiving a request for natural language processing (NLP) of the content segment, the content segment including one or more temporal expressions, accessing contextual data associated with each of the one or more temporal expressions, decoding the content segment into a program that describes a temporal logic of the content segment based on the one or more temporal expressions, evaluating the program using the contextual data to predict an intended time interval for the content segment, and providing the intended time interval as an output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Pamela BHATTACHARYA, Christopher Alan MEEK, Oleksandr POLOZOV, Alex James BOYD
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Patent number: 11466458Abstract: The embodiments are apparatuses, systems and methods of water management and icicle prevention for solar carports, and are designed to catch drips between rows of, and water run-off from, the low side of inclined photovoltaic modules arranged to form the roof of the solar carport or canopy.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Distributed Solar Development, LLCInventors: Benjamin Robert Jones, Alex James Norman
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Patent number: 11433557Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eahab Nagi El Naga, Keith Allen Fleming, Matthew Cooper Keller, Lukas Philip Czinger, Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Matthew Coleman Tindall, Justin David Almeleh, Matthew Michael O'Brien, Broc William TenHouten, Oussama Rawas, Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz, Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Jamison Van Bruch, Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr., Alex James Hamade
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Publication number: 20220193937Abstract: A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Branden D. Rosenhan, Benjamin Grover, Timothy R. Nieman, Andrew S. Hansen, Micah James Frerck, Alex James Drew
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Patent number: 11358337Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William TenHouten, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, John Russell Bucknell, Alex James Hamade, David Brian TenHouten
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Patent number: 11334486Abstract: An apparatus (300) for processing data comprises a plurality of memory access request sources (102,104) which generate memory access requests. Each of the memory access request sources has a local memory (106,108), and the apparatus also includes a shared memory (110). When the memory access requests are atomic memory access requests, contention may arise over common data. When this occurs, the present technique triggers a switch of processing data in the local memory of a memory access request source to processing data in the shared memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: ARM LIMITEDInventors: Adnan Khan, Alex James Waugh, Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20220142907Abstract: Topical applicators containing mycological biopolymers are suitable for applying health or cosmetic products to the skin or lips of a subject. The applicators are made from biodegradable mycological biopolymers that are grown from fungi in the presence of a growth medium under a predetermined environment of relative humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide, oxygen and air flow. The topical applicators containing the mycological biopolymers may further contain beneficial agents or products that that may be transferred to the skin or lips, thereby enhancing the health or beauty of a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Alex James Carlton, Meghan A. O'Brien, Peter Mueller, Damen Donald Schaak, Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie
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Publication number: 20220134584Abstract: A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Branden D. Rosenhan, Benjamin Grover, Timothy R. Nieman, Andrew S. Hansen, Micah James Frerck, Alex James Drew
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Publication number: 20220134365Abstract: A method and apparatus include a housing, a metered core, and an air vortex core. The housing includes a first end and a second end. The housing includes an air inlet opening at the first end to receive air from a blower distinct from the apparatus and a fogging outlet opening to output a fog at the second end. The housing couples to a liquid container that stores a fogging liquid and to the blower. The metered core, disposed within the housing, includes a first plurality of radial angled fins to create a low-pressure zone within the housing which draws the fogging liquid from the liquid container into the housing. The air vortex core, disposed between the metered core and the fogging outlet opening, includes a second plurality of radial angled fins to mix the fogging liquid with the air and guide the fog exiting the housing at the fogging outlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Bret J. Abraham, James M. Abraham, Alex James Hatch
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Patent number: 11314648Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises a data access requesting node; data access circuitry to receive a data access request from the data access requesting node and to route the data access request for fulfilment by one or more data storage nodes selected from a group of two or more data storage nodes; and indication circuitry to provide a source indication to the data access requesting node, to indicate an attribute of the one or more data storage nodes which fulfilled the data access request; the data access requesting node being configured to vary its operation in response to the source indication.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Michael Filippo, Jamshed Jalal, Kias Magnus Bruce, Alex James Waugh, Geoffray Lacourba, Paul Gilbert Meyer, Bruce James Mathewson, Phanindra Kumar Mannava
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Publication number: 20220097185Abstract: An apparatus for assembling structures is provided. The apparatus includes an assembly robot and a mobile unit coupled to or integrated with the assembly robot. A controller coupled to the assembly robot and the mobile unit can selectively operate the assembly robot and the mobile unit based at least in part on an assembly being produced, such that the controller selectively operates the mobile unit when at least one of the assembly being produced and a sequence of assembly of is altered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Lukas Philip CZINGER, Alex James HAMADE
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Patent number: 11289133Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising power state determination circuitry to determine a power state of a processing circuit; and control circuitry to issue a control signal relating to an item of data stored in a first storage circuitry. When the power state of the processing circuit is a predetermined state, the control circuitry issues a further control signal to a second storage circuitry to indicate whether the item of data is to be retained by the second storage circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Arm LimitedInventor: Alex James Waugh
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Publication number: 20220066426Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Kevin Robert CZINGER, Michael Thomas KENWORTHY, Lukas Philip CZINGER, Jinbo CHEN, Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ, Matthew Cooper KELLER, Alex James HAMADE
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Patent number: 11254381Abstract: Manufacturing cell based vehicle manufacturing systems and methods for a wide variety of vehicles are disclosed. In one aspect, a manufacturing cell configured for assembling a frame of a vehicle is disclosed. The manufacturing cell includes a positioner, a robot carrier and a robot. The positioner is configured to receive a fixture table configured to hold the frame. The robot carrier includes a vertical lift. The robot is configured to assemble the frame. The positioner is configured to support the frame in a vertical position during an assembling process. In another aspect of the disclosure, a system for manufacturing a vehicle based on a manufacturing cell is disclosed. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method for manufacturing a vehicle based on a manufacturing cell is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Oussama Rawas, Alex James Hamade
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Patent number: 11256623Abstract: Apparatus and a corresponding method of operating a hub device, and a target device, in a coherent interconnect system are presented. A cache pre-population request of a set of coherency protocol transactions in the system is received from a requesting master device specifying at least one data item and the hub device responds by cause a cache pre-population trigger of the set of coherency protocol transactions specifying the at least one data item to be transmitted to a target device. This trigger can cause the target device to request that the specified at least one data item is retrieved and brought into cache. Since the target device can therefore decide whether to respond to the trigger or not, it does not receive cached data unsolicited, simplifying its configuration, whilst still allowing some data to be pre-cached.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: ARM LIMITEDInventors: Phanindra Kumar Mannava, Bruce James Mathewson, Jamshed Jalal, Klas Magnus Bruce, Michael Filippo, Paul Gilbert Meyer, Alex James Waugh, Geoffray Matthieu Lacourba
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Patent number: 11247350Abstract: A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: PenBlade, Inc.Inventors: Branden D. Rosenhan, Benjamin Grover, Timothy R. Nieman, Andrew S. Hansen, Micah James Frerck, Alex James Drew
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Patent number: D950774Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Distributed Solar Development, LLCInventors: Benjamin Robert Jones, Alex James Norman