Patents by Inventor James Parsons
James Parsons 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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Publication number: 20240173582Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a rotorcraft comprising an airframe having an engine compartment, an engine disposed within the engine compartment, at least one fire bottle configured to hold a fire extinguishing agent, at least one agent tube coupled to the fire bottle and configured to carry the fire extinguishing agent to the engine compartment, and a nozzle on the at least one agent tube, the nozzle positioned below the engine and oriented in a upward-facing direction. The nozzle has at least one opening that is closed by a spring-loaded valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Thomas Dewey Parsons, Keith David Weaver, Chris James Ludtke, Paul Madej, Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer
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Publication number: 20240169655Abstract: In a ray tracer, to prevent any long-running query from hanging the graphics processing unit, a traversal coprocessor provides a preemption mechanism that will allow rays to stop processing or time out early. The example non-limiting implementations described herein provide such a preemption mechanism, including a forward progress guarantee, and additional programmable timeout options that can be time or cycle based. Those programmable options provide a means for quality of service timing guarantees for applications such as virtual reality (VR) that have strict timing requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Greg MUTHLER, Ronald Charles BABICH, JR., William Parsons NEWHALL, Jr., Peter NELSON, James ROBERTSON, John BURGESS
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Publication number: 20240140600Abstract: A rotor blade configured to be installed on a rotary wing aircraft includes a spar including an inboard portion extending from a root of the rotor blade to a first spanwise position of the rotor blade and an outboard portion meeting the inboard portion at the first spanwise position. The rotor blade further includes an upper skin and a lower skin coupled the outboard portion of the spar. The first spanwise position is defined by a most inboard point at which the upper and lower skins are coupled to the spar. The inboard portion includes a top layer, a bottom layer, and an inner cavity. The top layer has a substantially constant first thickness and the bottom layer has a substantially constant second thickness, and the distance between an outer surface of the top layer and an outer surface of the bottom layer is substantially constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Joshua A. Breon, Eric S. Parsons, Timothy James Conti, Frank M. Caputo
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Publication number: 20240124709Abstract: A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. The composition also comprises (B) a polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %. wherein the (B) polymer is selected from polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, or combinations thereof. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) arc based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Keith BRUCE, Igor CHORVATH, Marc-Andre COURTEMANCHE, Jon V. DEGROOT, JR., Sean GAAL, Craig GROSS, James KEENIHAN, Shawn MEALEY, Scott MILLER, Tom PARSONS, Andrew SCHLADER, Cristina SERRAT, Lauren TONGE
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Patent number: 11928772Abstract: In a ray tracer, to prevent any long-running query from hanging the graphics processing unit, a traversal coprocessor provides a preemption mechanism that will allow rays to stop processing or time out early. The example non-limiting implementations described herein provide such a preemption mechanism, including a forward progress guarantee, and additional programmable timeout options that can be time or cycle based. Those programmable options provide a means for quality of service timing guarantees for applications such as virtual reality (VR) that have strict timing requirements.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Greg Muthler, Ronald Charles Babich, Jr., William Parsons Newhall, Jr., Peter Nelson, James Robertson, John Burgess
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Patent number: 11919627Abstract: A method of modifying a rotor blade is provided for a rotor blade including a spar having an inboard portion with a substantially constant overall height, the inboard portion further including a top layer having a substantially constant first thickness and a bottom layer having a substantially constant second thickness. The method includes removing a root portion of the inboard portion to thereby modify the rotor blade and installing a cuff configured to couple to the rotor blade to an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua A. Breon, Eric S. Parsons, Timothy James Conti, Frank M. Caputo
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Publication number: 20240067333Abstract: A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chordwise direction. The leading edge defines a forward end of the rotor blade and the trailing edge defines an aft end of the rotor blade. The rotor blade has a center of gravity and an aerodynamic center along the chordwise direction. The center of gravity is aft of the aerodynamic center.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua A. Breon, Eric S. Parsons, Christopher M. Sutton, William Paul Adams, Timothy James Conti, Jared Anapolle, Evan Medrano
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Patent number: 11852181Abstract: An axially separable fastener for securing a structure is provided to detach upon command of an electric signal. The fastener includes a metal bolt, an external nut, a frangible ampoule containing a liquid metal eutectic and an internal plug. The bolt has a metal shank with proximal and distal ends. The shank includes a first head at the proximal end, and a first helical external thread and an axial bore with a first helical internal thread at the distal end. The fastener secures a structure in compression between the first head and the external nut. The external nut screws onto the first external thread. The ampoule contains a liquid metal eutectic. The ampoule is insertable into the bore. The internal plug includes a second head, an actuator mechanism, and an auger opposite thereto. The internal plug has a second helical external thread between the second head and the auger for screwing into the bore along the first internal thread.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Timothy James Thomasson, Michael James Parsons
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Patent number: 11513812Abstract: Many mobile devices are used for documenting different scenarios that are encountered by the users as they go about their daily lives. In many situations, a mobile device may be used to document the scenario. This data may be of significant forensic interest to an investigator. In many situations, the owner of the phone may be willing to provide the investigator access to this data (through a documented consent agreement). Such consent is usually contingent upon the fact that not all the data available on the phone may be extracted for analysis, either due to privacy concerns or due to personal reasons. Courts have also opined in several cases that investigators must limit data extracted, so as to focus on only “relevant information” for the investigation at hand. Thus, only selective (or filtered) data should be extracted as per the consent available from the witness/victim (user). Described herein is the design and implementation of such a targeted data extraction system (TDES) for mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: Sam Houston State University, Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee, Nicholas A Guerra, Manuel Hernandez-Romero, James Parsons, Khushboo Rathi
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Patent number: 11487702Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system, computer program product, and method for dynamic object mining. A received file is segmented, re-formatted, and organized into buffers, while maintaining the order of the received file. Multiple buffers are processed in parallel for object mining. A listener is encoded into the buffers to support asynchronous processing, and more specifically ordering of mined objects. An output file of the mined objected or associated frames is created. The file is populated with a sequential ordering of the objects that follows the order of the received file.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leigh Williamson, Aaron Lee, Marietta Johnston, Kellin McAvoy, Michael-James Parsons, Lakshminarayanan Krishm
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Publication number: 20220234340Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to pressure-sensitive adhesive plastic film or sheet optionally having antimicrobial properties. The film or sheet can be applied to numerous frequent use objects and finds particular utility in the health care field. The pressure-sensitive adhesive plastic film or sheet can be supplied in pads that can be applied to both the outermost, or patient, side of the face shield, or it can be applied to the innermost, or healthcare professional, surface. After the object, such as a face shield, has been used, the top layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive plastic can be removed and discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: James Parson
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Patent number: 11262300Abstract: Dust accumulation monitors are provided to autonomously monitor dust accumulations. The dust accumulation monitors include a casing having a translucent portion, a light sensor configured to output a sensing signal based on sensed light penetrating through the translucent portion, a controller coupled to the light sensor to receive the sensing signal and configured to output a dust alert signal based on the received sensing signal, and a communication interface coupled to the controller and configured to output an alert based on the dust alert signal output by the controller. A dust accumulation monitoring system includes a plurality of dust accumulation monitors, and a central monitor communicatively connected to each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors and configured to receive dust sensing signals from each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors. The dust accumulation monitors may communicate through wired or wireless links with the central monitor.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BAKER ENGINEERING & RISK CONSULTANTS, INC.Inventors: Philip James Parsons, Benjamin Stover, Yujie Hou
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Publication number: 20210181107Abstract: Dust accumulation monitors are provided to autonomously monitor dust accumulations. The dust accumulation monitors include a casing having a translucent portion, a light sensor configured to output a sensing signal based on sensed light penetrating through the translucent portion, a controller coupled to the light sensor to receive the sensing signal and configured to output a dust alert signal based on the received sensing signal, and a communication interface coupled to the controller and configured to output an alert based on the dust alert signal output by the controller. A dust accumulation monitoring system includes a plurality of dust accumulation monitors, and a central monitor communicatively connected to each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors and configured to receive dust sensing signals from each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors. The dust accumulation monitors may communicate through wired or wireless links with the central monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Philip James PARSONS, Benjamin STOVER, Yujie HOU
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Patent number: 10957116Abstract: A system for analysis of gaps between modeled parts of an assembly to be produced is provided. The system generates a three-dimensional (3D) visualization environment of 3D models of a plurality of parts in the assembly and performs an analysis of those of the 3D models within a given proximity to each other to determine gaps therebetween, including any non-acceptable gaps with gap distances that exceed an acceptable gap threshold. The system generates, for a non-acceptable gap, an instruction and automatically implements the instruction to correct the non-acceptable gap and confirms that the non-acceptable gap as corrected does not have a gap distance that exceeds the acceptable gap threshold. The system generates an output of a 3D model of the assembly populated with the 3D models and with the non-acceptable gap as corrected for use in connection with production of the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Parsons, Steven Malarkey, William McGarry, Robert Brandt, James J. Troy
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Patent number: 10941603Abstract: A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Constantin Manolescu, James Parsons Sullivan
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Patent number: 10921250Abstract: Dust accumulation monitors are provided to autonomously monitor dust accumulations. The dust accumulation monitors include a casing having a translucent portion, a light sensor configured to output a sensing signal based on sensed light penetrating through the translucent portion, a controller coupled to the light sensor to receive the sensing signal and configured to output a dust alert signal based on the received sensing signal, and a communication interface coupled to the controller and configured to output an alert based on the dust alert signal output by the controller. A dust accumulation monitoring system includes a plurality of dust accumulation monitors, and a central monitor communicatively connected to each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors and configured to receive dust sensing signals from each of the plurality of dust accumulation monitors. The dust accumulation monitors may communicate through wired or wireless links with the central monitor.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: BAKER ENGINEERING & RISK CONSULTANTS, INC.Inventors: Philip James Parsons, Benjamin Stover, Yujie Hou
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Patent number: 10745836Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a multilayer nonwoven material. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers to form the nonwoven material. The multilayered structure can include a first layer comprising continuous filaments and a second layer comprising bonded fibers. The continuous filaments can be synthetic filaments. The fibers can be cellulosic fibers, noncellulosic fibers, or combinations thereof. Certain layers can also contain a binder material.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC NONWOVENS LLCInventors: Jacek Dutkiewicz, David Reid Murphy, Alan Edward Wright, James Parsons, John Baker, Shiu-Kang Laurence Li
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Publication number: 20200218546Abstract: Many mobile devices are used for documenting different scenarios that are encountered by the users as they go about their daily lives. In many situations, a mobile device may be used to document the scenario. This data may be of significant forensic interest to an investigator. In many situations, the owner of the phone may be willing to provide the investigator access to this data (through a documented consent agreement). Such consent is usually contingent upon the fact that not all the data available on the phone may be extracted for analysis, either due to privacy concerns or due to personal reasons. Courts have also opined in several cases that investigators must limit data extracted, so as to focus on only “relevant information” for the investigation at hand. Thus, only selective (or filtered) data should be extracted as per the consent available from the witness/victim (user). Described herein is the design and implementation of such a targeted data extraction system (TDES) for mobile devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Sudhir Aggarwal, Gokila Dorai, Umit Karabiyik, Tathagata Mukherjee, Nicholas A. Guerra, Manuel Hernandez-Romero, James Parsons, Khushboo Rathi
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Publication number: 20200208457Abstract: A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Constantin Manolescu, James Parsons Sullivan
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Patent number: 10697224Abstract: A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Constantin Manolescu, James Parsons Sullivan