Patents by Inventor Christopher Ackerman

Christopher Ackerman 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: 20240175917
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to preventing water leakage from jet impingement applied to an integrated circuit under test. An integrated circuit testing apparatus for applying jet impingement to an integrated circuit may include an impingement chamber in contact with an integrated circuit being tested, the impingement chamber comprising water associated with cooling the integrated circuit; and an actuator-driven thermal management block including an air inlet configured to direct a flow of air into an immediate test environment for the integrated circuit to generate a positive pressure differential with respect to the water in the impingement chamber to prevent leakage of the water from the impingement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ruben NUNEZ BLANCO, Christopher ACKERMAN, Paul DIGLIO, Varun NARAYAN, Craig YOST, Jensen STENBERG, Kelly LOFGREEN, Joseph PETRINI, Sami ALELYANI
  • Patent number: 11914853
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for configuring automatic playback settings on a media playback device. A graphical user interface displays automatic playback settings and receives selections of customized settings for automatic playback. The settings can include context granularity for automatic playback, limiting autoplay to when the media playback device is connected to a wireless network, and activating an audible notification when automatic playback of media content is beginning. An initial queue of media content is selected for playback on the media playback device. The system ascertains whether autoplay is enabled for a particular situation. If autoplay is enabled, the system automatically generates a queue of media that is related to the initial queue and initiates playback on the media playback device after the initial queue concludes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Adam Chase, Andrew Greene, Christopher Barthle, Eric Lundin, Jeffrey Paul Baxter, Kevin Sweeney, Mark Kizelshteyn, Matthew Young-Wook Lim, Michelle Ackerman, Thomas Gayno, Kylan McBride, Joseph Levin
  • Patent number: 10525191
    Abstract: An ear canal irrigator system having a hand-held spray bottle and a conduit tube connected to the spray bottle by a series of components that allow the tube to be connected without being screwed on and also prevents leakage of fluid. The system further includes an insertion tube connected to the conduit tube by a connecting piece having a splash guard, whereby the insertion tube is configured to be placed at or near the ear canal of a user. The insertion tube is shorter in length that the conduit tube and has a smaller diameter than the conduit tube so that when the fluid flows through the connecting piece into the insertion tube, the fluid has a more powerful fluid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Ackerman
  • Patent number: D1026068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Ackerman, Christopher Loew, Wen-Yo Lu, Rafal Piersiak, John Roos, James Siminoff