Patents by Inventor Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker 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: 20240095767
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for performing the method of determining an initial value or lifetime value for a domain name is provided. The method for determining an initial value includes obtaining, over a communication network, a domain name from requestor; obtaining, over the communication network, one or more inputs from one or more domain name data sources; applying the one or more inputs and the domain name to an initial lifetime worth computer model, wherein the one or more inputs comprise data related to comparable historical domain names, data from a linguistic model analysis, data from a linguistic frequency list, and data related to a second-level domain to top-level domain relationship analysis; determining, by a hardware processor, an initial lifetime worth for the domain name based on the initial lifetime worth computer model; and providing the initial lifetime worth for the domain name to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventors: William Carroll, Galileo Mark Namata, Andrew Simpson, Scott Walker
  • Patent number: 11931663
    Abstract: An automated damping system including a damping device arranged and disposed to provide variable resistance to a load. The variable resistance provides resistance values corresponding to a displacement position of the damping device. The system includes a damping profile generator that calculates a damping profile and a sensor is arranged and disposed to measure one or more damping affecting properties. The sensor provides the one or more damping affecting properties to the damping profile generator. The damping profile provides the variable resistance based upon the one or more damping affecting properties of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Bettinger, Nicholas James Bonsell, Andrew Phillips Mudie, Andrew John Penney, James Fowler Shumway, Jr., McLane Walker Snow
  • Publication number: 20240081406
    Abstract: A non-combustible aerosol provision device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-generating material is provided. The device includes a chamber for receiving a consumable including aerosol-generating material to enable the non-combustible aerosol provision device to generate an aerosol from the aerosol-generating material. The device further includes an adjustment mechanism to allow a user to adjust a dimension of the chamber to allow the chamber to accommodate, one at a time, each of a plurality of consumables having different sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy CAMPBELL, Matthew WRIGHT, Daniel Anthony WALTON, Andy FINCH, Jon Peter Frederick SPRATLEY, Daniel Thomas AHEARN, Andrew RIchard Buchanan HALKET, Conrad Walker HIGGS, Hielke DE LANGE
  • Publication number: 20240050615
    Abstract: The decorative jewelry lamp includes an apparatus of audio, jewelry, Wi-Fi, an LED light source, an entertainment toy, an infusion of fragrantly volatile molecule agents, a curvy design that uniquely volatile aroma out of the lamp, and an LED smart bulb controlled by Wi-Fi, encrusted with precious gems, gold, silver and platinum metal straps on the outer layer of the apparatus, and an LED light source, sound for entertainment for kids, and sleep therapy in conjunction with working parts inside of the apparatus. By removing all the inner parts of the lamp, it becomes a nonfunctional decorative jewelry accessory or storage for kid's toys. All prior art, such as jewelry, fragrant lamps, LED light sources, and toys, is void of this invention's aspects and multifunctional elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: ANDREW WALKER, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240054336
    Abstract: In example implementations described herein, there are systems and methods for generating at least a first set of weights for a first neural network associated with a first task performed in a first environment and a second set of weights for a second neural network associated with the first task performed in a second environment; training a metamodel based on at least the first set of weights and the second set of weights; and generating, based on the metamodel, a third set of weights for a third neural network associated with a second task in the second environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ravneet KAUR, Andrew Walker, Joydeep Acharya
  • Patent number: 11884918
    Abstract: Provided herein are polynucleotides comprising sequence configured to bind to a CRISPR effector protein. Modulation of one or more modifications of the polynucleotides can be used to tune the activity of CRISPR effector proteins complexed with the polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Synthego Corporation
    Inventors: Reed Kelso, Jared Carlson-Stevermer, Sahil Joshi, Travis Maures, Anastasia Kadina, John Andrew Walker, II
  • Patent number: 11842269
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein can dynamically adapt to changing nature of sensor data traffic and through artificial intelligence (AI, strike a good tradeoff between reducing volume of sensed data, and retain enough data fidelity so that subsequent analytics applications perform well. The example implementations eliminate heuristic methods of setting sensing parameters (such as DAQ sampling rate, resolution etc.) and replaces them with an automated, AI driven edge solution core that can be readily ported on any Internet of Things (IoT) edge gateway that is connected to the DAQ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Walker, Joydeep Acharya
  • Publication number: 20230253857
    Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler KNIGHT, David PROUDLOCK, Graham BONE, Jonathan PRIESTLEY, Andrew WALKER, Shaun LOVELASS
  • Publication number: 20230246027
    Abstract: A vertical fin-based field effect transistor (FinFET) device includes an array of FinFETs comprising a plurality of rows and columns of separated fins. Each of the separated fins has a length and a width measured laterally with respect to the length and includes a first fin tip disposed at a first end of the separated fin, a second fin tip disposed at a second end of the separated fin opposing the first end, a central region disposed between the first fin tip and the second fin tip and characterized by a first electrical conductivity, and a source contact electrically coupled to the central region. The first fin tip and the second fin tip are characterized by a second electrical conductivity less than the first electrical conductivity. The FinFET further includes a first gate region surrounding the first fin tip and a second gate region surrounding the second fin tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Nexgen Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Subhash Srinivas Pidaparthi, Clifford Drowley, Shahin Sharifzadeh, Andrew P. Edwards, Andrew Walker, Francis Chai
  • Patent number: 11664703
    Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy W. French, Jr., Tyler Knight, David Proudlock, Graham Bone, Jonathan Priestley, Andrew Walker, Shaun Lovelass
  • Publication number: 20230149388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an opioid antagonist, isotonicity agent, a preservative agent, a stabilizing agent and citric acid. The pharmaceutical compositions are stable under various storage conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Amir FUKHARI, Ryan LOUGHLIN, Vladimir SAVRANSKY, Andrew WALKER
  • Publication number: 20230110571
    Abstract: A warmer including base, top cover, warming devices for scented oil. Device includes fan, speaker, heating rod, LED bulb, wi-fi capabilities, control device remotely. The warmer is in a heat conductive relationship with the cover so that scented oil in the open channel is warmed by the warming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Walker, JR.
  • Patent number: 11588762
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to providing virtual assistants. More specifically, various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for providing a simulation-based virtual advisor. In some embodiments, the systems and methods combine and/or integrate the functionality of a conversational virtual agent (e.g., a virtual assistant) with the functionality of a simulation virtual agent, to provide users, customers, or members with targeted, user-specific information in response to questions or other intentions posed by the users via messages exchanged between the users and the agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Robert B. Pace, Jr., Jerome J. Gainer, Jr., Bipin Chadha, Samuel E. Tumlinson, Jose Esteban Deleon, III, Brett Andrew Walker
  • Publication number: 20230050562
    Abstract: A method for assembling devices on a satellite structure is disclosed including attaching the devices to a first face of a plate drilled with a through-hole provided with a fluid connector, on a second face of the plate, depositing a continuous peripheral bead of polymerisable adhesive composition and depositing a plurality of discontinuous and disjointed inner beads of polymerisable adhesive composition, pressing the second face of the plate against a continuous face of the structure, performing suction so as to create a pressure differential between the plate and the structure, at least partially polymerising the polymerisable adhesive compositions so as to form adhesive joints between the plate and the structure, and interrupting the suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Catherine BERTHOMIEU, Carole CHOSSIERE, Andrew WALKER, Franck LEVALLOIS, Vincent CLAUDET
  • Publication number: 20230040229
    Abstract: A support structure for a spacecraft is disclosed having a first side wall, a second side wall which is parallel to and opposite the first side wall, a third side wall attached to at least the first side wall, and a fourth side wall which is parallel to and opposite the third side wall; at least one interior panel attached between and perpendicular to the first side wall and to the second side wall, at least one first thermal coupling device bearing against the second side wall and attached to the interior panel, electronic devices arranged on and in direct thermal contact with at least a portion of the first thermal coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew WALKER
  • Publication number: 20230022356
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve a system for training and managing machine learning models in an industrial setting. Specifically, by leveraging the similarity across certain production areas, it is possible to group such areas together to train models efficiently that use human pose data to predict human activities or specific task(s) that the workers are engaged in. Example implementations remove previous methods of independent model construction for each production area and takes advantage of the commonality amongst different environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew WALKER, Joydeep ACHARYA
  • Publication number: 20220360138
    Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy W. FRENCH, JR., Tyler KNIGHT, David PROUDLOCK, Graham BONE, Jonathan PRIESTLEY, Andrew WALKER, Shaun LOVELASS
  • Patent number: 11464378
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises: a housing and a motor fan assembly mounted in the housing, the motor fan assembly arranged to generate an air flow. A removable dirt container is mountable on the housing and in fluid communication with a dirty air inlet and the motor fan assembly. A moveable dirt compactor is mounted in the dirt container and moveable between a stowed position and a dirt compacting position wherein the moveable dirt compactor is closer to one end of the dirt container in the dirt compacting position than in the stowed position. Wherein the dirt container comprises a primary handle for actuating the moveable dirt compactor with a first hand and a first auxiliary handle for allowing the user to grip with a second hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Muir, Andrew Walker, Cavan Gray, Jack Richardson
  • Patent number: 11431224
    Abstract: A hand-held tool that includes a housing. The housing includes a handle. A tool also includes a motor assembly, a battery assembly and a circuit board. The motor assembly includes a motor, the motor including a rotatable motor output shaft, a motor positive terminal and a motor negative terminal. The motor assembly also includes a first rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the motor positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board. The battery assembly includes a battery cell with a battery cell positive terminal and a battery cell negative terminal. The battery assembly further includes a second rigid conductive electrical connector having a first end fixed to the battery cell positive terminal and a second end fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy W. French, Jr., Tyler Knight, David Proudlock, Graham Bone, Jonathan Priestley, Andrew Walker, Shaun M. Lovelass
  • Patent number: 11377236
    Abstract: A method for attaching a heat-emitting device and a capillary heat pipe to a panel of a spacecraft wall is disclosed including the steps of: a) positioning a capillary heat pipe on a portion of the panel; attaching female attachment bodies to the panel, the female attachment bodies protruding relative to the capillary heat pipe; c) placing a thermally-conductive and self-curing paste over a portion of the capillary heat pipe or over a heat-emitting device; d) placing a heat-emitting device on the thermally-conductive and self-curing paste and on the female attachment bodies, said heat-emitting device bearing against and being in direct contact with the female attachment bodies, and e) attaching the heat-emitting device and said capillary heat pipe to the panel by attaching male attachment members to the female attachment bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventor: Andrew Walker