Patents by Inventor Charles Braun
Charles Braun 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: 11935337Abstract: A filter element analysis system for analyzing a filter element within a vehicle, the system including various filter sensors so as to provide information regarding various filter element parameters, a locator which configured provide vehicle position information such that conditions regarding the vehicle environment can be tracked and correlated to the location, as well as a means for transmitting information to a remote server for analysis and tracking of the filter element information with regard to environmental conditions such that a filter element status, remaining filter life, or particle load and replacement timeline can be calculated and updated so as to provide more accurate predictive models of the filter element conditions. As well as provide alerts regarding the need and scheduling of replacement or cleaning of a particular filter element.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Brandon Hukill, Jon Nichols, Charles Vaillant, Yew Chong, Arpan Penkar, Matthew Nunn, Andreas Scope, Kevin Babb, Karlheinz Muenkel, Markus Beylich, Nicolas Payen, Stefan Kunze, Uwe Plach, Lars-Thorsten Porschke, Stephan Braun
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Publication number: 20240076697Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions of matter, methods, systems, and instruments for improved nucleic acid-guided nuclease editing in live cells, wherein the live cells are shifted into a growth-arrested state for editing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Inscripta, Inc.Inventors: Karl GERHARDT, Charles JOHNSON, Martha BRAUN
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Patent number: 8850325Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Alex D Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca Ann Norlander
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Patent number: 8370425Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate creation and management of an event-oriented transient network and can further manage decommission of the transient network. In particular, the architecture can construct temporary communities based upon a particular event, project, or activity; manage (e.g., filter, prioritize, or control) communications and content associated with the community; and disband the community by deconstructing the transient network according to an aging function that controls how the network decays. In addition, the architecture can leverage existing information (e.g. profile data) and content feeds associated with disparate social networking services or communities for the benefit of the temporary community.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Mary P. Czerwinski, Alex David Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon Christer Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca A. Norlander
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Publication number: 20120044068Abstract: A system and method is provided to monitor a tanker truck. The system includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect an event. The system also includes a monitoring unit electrically coupled with the plurality of sensors to detect the event. The monitoring unit includes a processing unit, a time module, and a memory, and is operable to time stamp data about the sensed event with information from the time module and store the detected and time stamped event in the memory. The system further includes a handheld data terminal configured to communicate with the monitoring unit. The handheld data terminal is operable to retrieve and display the stored event, and includes a processing unit, a memory, a user interface, a time module, and a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: DIXON VALVE AND COUPLING COMPANYInventors: Robert C. Koeninger, Charles A. Braun
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Patent number: 8051882Abstract: A system and method is provided to monitor a tanker truck. The system includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect an event. The system also includes a monitoring unit electrically coupled with the plurality of sensors to detect the event. The monitoring unit includes a processing unit, a time module, and a memory, and is operable to time stamp data about the sensed event with information from the time module and store the detected and time stamped event in the memory. The system further includes a handheld data terminal configured to communicate with the monitoring unit. The handheld data terminal is operable to retrieve and display the stored event, and includes a processing unit, a memory, a user interface, a time module, and a display.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Dixon Valve and Coupling CompanyInventors: Robert C. Koeninger, Charles A. Braun
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Publication number: 20100169789Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Alex D. Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C. Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca Ann Norlander
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Publication number: 20100169134Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate, enrich, or nurture relationships in a business enterprise environment. In particular, the architecture can construct a set of profiles associated with entities of the enterprise (e.g., employees, teams, departments, or the enterprise) based upon a wide range of transactions (e.g., behavior, activity, productivity, relationships, explicit or implicit feedback from collaborators . . . ) relating to the entity. Based upon these profiles, the architecture can determine a set of tasks and also identify advantageous relationships, wherein the tasks and relationships are deemed to facilitate accomplishing an objective to benefit the enterprise or entity. In addition, the architecture can nurture or cultivate the advantageous relationships by suggesting suitable behavior or performing opportunistic actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Eric I-Chao Chang, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C. Muzio, John Oberon, Jeff Sandquist
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Publication number: 20100094939Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate creation and management of an event-oriented transient network and can further manage decommission of the transient network. In particular, the architecture can construct temporary communities based upon a particular event, project, or activity; manage (e.g., filter, prioritize, or control) communications and content associated with the community; and disband the community by deconstructing the transient network according to an aging function that controls how the network decays. In addition, the architecture can leverage existing information (e.g. profile data) and content feeds associated with disparate social networking services or communities for the benefit of the temporary community.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Mary P. Czerwinski, Alex David Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon Christer Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca A. Norlander
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Publication number: 20100089486Abstract: A system and method is provided to monitor a tanker truck. The system includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect an event. The system also includes a monitoring unit electrically coupled with the plurality of sensors to detect the event. The monitoring unit includes a processing unit, a time module, and a memory, and is operable to time stamp data about the sensed event with information from the time module and store the detected and time stamped event in the memory. The system further includes a handheld data terminal configured to communicate with the monitoring unit. The handheld data terminal is operable to retrieve and display the stored event, and includes a processing unit, a memory, a user interface, a time module, and a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Dixon Valve and Coupling CompanyInventors: Robert C. Koeninger, Charles A. Braun
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Publication number: 20050263134Abstract: An internal pulse damper for use in a fuel rail for an internal combustion engine. The damper is formed from a length of tubular metal stock having a flat oval cross-section and ends flattened by crimping to form a captive-air pillow. The end crimps are improved through use of tooling to eliminate a creased sidewall area vulnerable to stress failure in prior art pulse dampers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Charles Braun, Ahmet Becene, Christopher Cass, Patrick Furchill
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Publication number: 20050161025Abstract: An anti-rotation clip for joining a fuel injector body to a fuel rail socket. A C-shaped base is formed to slide into an annular groove in the injector body. A pair of tangs extend from the base to straddle a rib on the injector body to prevent rotation between the clip and the injector. Opposed sidewalls extending from the base include windows for receiving a radial flange of the fuel rail socket to correctly position the fuel injector axially within the socket. Each window is divided by a locking bar for reception in a notch in the socket flange to prevent rotation between the clip and the socket. The radial positions of the injector rib and flange notch are selected such that the injector will be properly oriented with respect to the engine after installation therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Charles Braun, John Delaney, David Rogers
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Publication number: 20050126540Abstract: An internal pulse damper for a fuel rail. The damper has an increased captive air volume and consequent improved damping and stress characteristics. The improved damper is a pillow having a modified flat oval cross-sectional profile, with two long diaphragm sides and rigid short sides connecting the two long sides. At least one of the short sides, and preferably both, is strengthened by being provided with a longitudinal reverse bend or inwardly-extending longitudinal rib generally parallel with the long sides. Preferably, the short sides are somewhat higher than the comparable short sides of similar prior art dampers, to increase the captive air volume, yet are not high enough to preclude installation of the improved damper within an existing fuel rail configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Inventors: Charles Braun, Ahmet Becene
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Publication number: 20050034765Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator including a valve head having a centerline offset from the centerline of a corresponding fuel orifice. The valve head may be offset with respect to the valve seat and orifice, the orifice may be offset within the seat with respect to the head and diaphragm assembly, or the axes of the head and seat may be non-coaxially biased. Because the vector of the valve closing force does not align with the centerline of the valve head and diaphragm assembly, a resulting torque on the valve head keeps the head in a stable, pivoted position at all flow rates. The valve head always makes contact with the valve seat at a predetermined point during regulator operation, eliminating pressure instabilities and noise experienced in prior art pressure regulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Thomas Gutmann, Ahmet Becene, Charles Braun, Grover Preston
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Patent number: 4111135Abstract: A planting machine for inserting plants, such as seedlings which have been grown in a cartridge, to a substantial depth in the open ground and substantially absent of any plowing or rocking effect on the plant during the planting operation and while the machine is moving along the ground. In a preferred embodiment the machine comprises a frame which is supported for movement along the surface of the ground. The frame carries a planting mechanism, an operator and a supply of seedling cartridges. The planting mechanism is driven by a ground wheel and is so arranged that as a plant is inserted into the ground to a substantial depth while the machine is moving along the ground, the plant is free of any horizontally directed component of force which may tend to produce an elongated opening in the ground.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1976Date of Patent: September 5, 1978Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Leonard Charles Braun, Edward Leonard Benno