Patents by Inventor David Roberts

David Roberts 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).

  • Patent number: 11935362
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a credit input mechanism, and a processor programmed to perform operations comprising: (i) determining, during a wagering game initiated in response to receiving a credit wager, that a replay trigger condition is satisfied, the wagering game including a plurality of reels; (ii) initiating, in response to the replay trigger condition, a replay bonus game; (iii) determining a number of replays for use in the replay bonus game; (iv) generating a set of symbols for the plurality of reels for each of the number of replays including an award amount associated with the set of symbols; (v) serially displaying, on the display each of the sets of symbols for each of the number of replays; and (vi) awarding a total award amount including the sum of each award amount for each of the sets of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Jayme Dale Sevigny, David Robert Marsh
  • Patent number: 11932156
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior and comprising a front row of seats and a rear row of seats, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, and a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet or passenger within the cabin interior. The vehicle also includes a movable center console positioned between a pair of the forward row of seats and forward of the rear row of seats and comprising a holder for holding a drink container, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the detected pet or passenger on the rear row of seats based on the processed signals, the controller further controlling the movable console between a forward first position and a rearward second position closer to the rear row of seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, David Brian Glickman, Gregory Paul Thomas, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 11933167
    Abstract: A deployable electrical contact device is provided that includes a body portion and a mounting arrangement. The mounting arrangement is controllably deployable from the body portion. The mounting arrangement is configured to retain the device at a position at a metallic well structure by mechanically engaging with a wall surface of the metallic well structure. The mounting arrangement includes electrically conductive pads configured to provide electrical continuity between the engaged metallic well structure and the mounting arrangement. The device is configured such that when deployed an electrical signal path between one or more of the conductive pads and the body portion is established to provide electrical continuity between the metallic well structure and the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EXPRO NORTH SEA LIMITED
    Inventors: David Robert Elliott, Stephen James Beale, Thomas Lempriere Searight, Christopher Lambert
  • Publication number: 20240081999
    Abstract: A valve repair devices and systems for repairing a native valve of a patient include a spacer, a plurality of paddles, and a plurality of moveable clasp arms. The plurality of moveable clasp arms are disposed between the plurality of paddles and the spacer. The moveable clasp arms are configured to attach to leaflets of a heart valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Matthew T. Winston, Eric Robert Dixon, Sergio Delgado, David M. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20240081994
    Abstract: A steerable delivery system is provided for delivering a replacement heart valve to a native heart valve location. The steerable delivery system includes an outer sheath assembly having a capsule along a distal end portion for retaining the replacement heart valve in a compressed configuration. The capsule is constructed to provide both compression resistance and flexibility. The capsule may be formed with an outer polymer layer, a metal middle layer located on a radially inner surface of the outer polymer layer, and an inner liner located on a radially inner surface of the metal middle layer. A fluoroelastomer layer is provided for bonding the inner liner to the metal middle layer. The metal middle layer is preferably a metal hypotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander H. Cooper, David Robert Landon, Kevin M. Stewart, Garrett Dallas Johnson, Glen T. Rabito, Tarannum Ishaq Gutierrez, Hiroshi Okabe, Ramon Aguilar, JR., Jesse Robert Edwards, Taylor Jacob Scheinblum, Patrick Chow, Julio Cesar Sanchez, Hieu Minh Luong
  • Publication number: 20240088675
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and optimizing fuel consumption by a genset at an oil rig is described. Gensets require large amounts of fuel to initiate and to maintain in a standby, idling position. The system accesses data in a drill plan to determine the present and future power requirements and initiates gensets if needed; otherwise gensets can be shut down. Excess power can be stored in a power storage unit such as a capacitor, battery, or a liquid air energy storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, David Robert Evan Snoswell
  • Publication number: 20240086315
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory access statistics monitoring are described. A host is configured to map pages of memory for applications to a number of memory devices coupled thereto. A first memory device comprises a monitoring component configured to monitor access statistics of pages of memory mapped to the first memory device. A second memory device does not include a monitoring component capable of monitoring access statistics of pages of memory mapped thereto. The host is configured to map a portion of pages of memory for an application to the first memory device in order to obtain access statistics corresponding to the portion of pages of memory upon execution of the application despite there being space available on the second memory device and adjust mappings of the pages of memory for the application based on the obtained access statistics corresponding to the portion of pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: David A. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240082571
    Abstract: Systems and methods that deliver a continuous partial nerve conduction block are described. A waveform generator can configure one or more direct current (DC) waveforms to provide a continuous partial nerve conduction block. One or more electrodes can deliver the one or more DC waveforms to provide the partial block to the neural structure. Feedback can be provided to the waveform generator related to the partial block. The feedback includes monitoring a property associated with the partial block and altering a parameter associated with the one or more direct current waveforms in response to the property associated with the partial block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tina L. Vrabec, Kevin L. Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra, Laura Shaw, David Roberts, Narendra Bhadra
  • Patent number: 11927171
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine blade assembly and a method for its manufacture. The wind turbine blade assembly comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, a blade shell with a trailing portion, and a flatback profile component. The trailing portion has an outwardly curving arc shape and the flatback profile is positioned so as to cover the trailing portion of the blade shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: David Roberts, John Korsgaard
  • Patent number: 11927522
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for adjusting a particle classification index in response to one or more saturated data signals from light detected from particles in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light from particles in a flow stream; generating a plurality of data signals from the detected light; identifying one or more saturated data signals; generating a saturated signal index that corresponds to the identified saturated data signals; and applying the saturated signal index to a particle classification index to generate an adjusted particle classification index. In some embodiments, methods include determining one or more parameters of a particle (e.g., for use in a particle sort decision) by calculating an adjusted spectral unmixing matrix for the fluorescence of the particle that excludes one or more saturated data signals. Systems and integrated circuit devices (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Lingjie Wei, Peter Mage
  • Patent number: 11930156
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for improved depth perception in stereoscopic night vision devices. Among these are embodiments for aligning information overlays in the stereo view with associated objects, and for generating stereo information from single lenses or intensifiers. In some illustrative embodiments, a camera and position sensor are provided for at least two viewers, e.g., a pilot and a copilot, such that when a scene overlaps between viewers, the system produces a stereoptic scene, in which the users can more accurately determine a difference in depth between two or more distant objects. An illustrative binocular night vision system uses a high-resolution depth map to present binocular images to a user. In some embodiments, supplementary content can be overlaid, with an appropriate binocular disparity that is based on the depth map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Minds, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Keesling, Clinton Blake Hope, Kevin Robert Keegan, Kjerstin Irja Williams, Bran Ferren, David Foor
  • Publication number: 20240075316
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a radiotherapy apparatus comprising a radiation source configured to emit a beam of radiation having a central axis, a multi-leaf collimator, MLC, for shaping the beam of radiation emitted by the radiation source, wherein the MLC comprises a plurality of leaves, and a detection device for detecting radiation emitted by the radiation source. The detection device comprises a first detector arranged to detect a position of the central axis, wherein the first detector comprises a two dimensional array of pixels for generating a two dimensional map of radiation intensity, and at least one second detector arranged to detect a position of each leaf of the plurality of leaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: David Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240079853
    Abstract: An electrical contact for a semiconductor device, and a method of forming an electrical contact is disclosed. The electrical contact comprises a perimeter area, an aperture located within the perimeter area and one or more electrical tracks extending from the perimeter area into the aperture. The one or more electrical tracks comprise a non-linear shape. The presence of the one or more electrical tracks within the aperture provides a means to remove, or significantly reduce, the problematic effects of current crowding within a semiconductor device in which it is employed. The electrical contacts provide particular application for semiconductor laser devices. When the electrical contact is located on an output surface of the semiconductor laser device, the condition for a diffraction pattern to be imparted onto the emission profile of the output light of the semiconductor laser device is removed, thus improving the overall beam quality of the output light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert ORCHARD, David CHILDS, Richard TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20240075864
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, an access aperture that is defined by the body, a closure panel, a load ramp, and a moisture sensor. The access aperture provides access to an interior of the vehicle. The closure panel selectively covers at least a portion of the access aperture. The closure panel is movable between an open position and a dosed position relative to the access aperture. The load ramp is deployably coupled to the closure panel. The load ramp includes a coupled end and a free end. The load ramp is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The moisture sensor is positioned proximate to the free end of the load ramp. Methods of controlling the vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Peter Phung, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo
  • Publication number: 20240075883
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • Patent number: 11923638
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes an electrical connector mounted to a circuit board having a connector housing holding contacts in a contact array. A connector mount having a bracket is coupled to the mounting surface of the circuit board proximate to the mating edge. The electrical connector is movably coupled to the connector mount to move relative to the circuit board during mating with the mating electrical connector. The connector mount has a biasing member compressible along a compression axis parallel to the mating direction to allow the electrical connector to float in the mating direction relative to the circuit board. The electrical connector is movably coupled to the connector mount in a confined envelope in at least one floating direction perpendicular to the mating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Timothy Robert Minnick, Justin Dennis Pickel, David Allison Trout, Michael Streckewald, Douglas Edward Shirk
  • Publication number: 20240067643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pyrrolopyridine compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibition of JAK1 and JAK3 kinase activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment diseases such as pruritus, alopecia, androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, vitiligo and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: David Randolph ANDERSON, Susan Landis HOCKERMAN, James Robert BLINN, Eric Jon JACOBSEN
  • Publication number: 20240073401
    Abstract: A head mounted display can include a frame, an eyepiece, an image injection device, a sensor array, a reflector, and an off-axis optical element. The frame can be configured to be supported on the head of the user. The eyepiece can be coupled to the frame and configured to be disposed in front of an eye of the user. The eyepiece can include a plurality of layers. The image injection device can be configured to provide image content to the eyepiece for viewing by the user. The sensor array can be integrated in or one the eyepiece. The reflector can be disposed in or on the eyepiece and configured to reflect light received from an object for imaging by the sensor array. The off-axis optical element can be disposed in or one the eyepiece. The off-axis optical element can be configured to receive light reflected from the reflector and direct at least a portion of the light toward the sensor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Zhiheng JIA, David COHEN, Lionel Ernest EDWIN, Charles Robert SCHABACKER
  • Patent number: 11916341
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes wafer assemblies coupled to a housing. Each wafer assembly includes a leadframe, a wafer body holding the leadframe, and a ground frame coupled to the wafer body to provide electrical shielding for the leadframe. Each leadframe has signal contacts with mating ends extending from the wafer body for mating with mating signal contacts of a mating electrical connector. The mating ends are twisted 45° to define twisted mating interfaces. Each ground frame has ground shields extending from a ground plate along the mating ends of the signal contacts. The ground shields are twisted 45° relative to the ground plate to define twisted shield zones along the mating ends of the signal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Minnick, Justin Dennis Pickel, Chad William Morgan, David Allison Trout, Jeffrey Byron McClinton
  • Patent number: 11916336
    Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body for mounting to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof for engaging with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a first height and defining a locking feature for engaging with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a second height, less than the first height. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein