Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Kennedy
Jeffrey A. Kennedy 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: 20240153586Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems and methods for designing probes for depleting abundant transcripts from a sample. Abundant sequence reads can be determined in a species-agnostic manner, and probes for depleting abundant transcripts can be designed based on the sequences of the top abundant sequences. Also disclosed herein include compositions and kits for depleting abundant transcripts and methods for depleting abundant transcripts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Asako Tan, Robert Kuersten, Andrew Kennedy, Jeffrey Koble
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Publication number: 20240131894Abstract: A reefer truck power unit employs a plurality of power sources including roof mounted solar panels, momentum generation, shore power and high capacity storage batteries. The refrigeration system is configured for refrigerating a payload area of the vehicle utilizing power from the power sources, and employs a voltage converter for augmenting the power from the propulsion vehicle source for use with a native vehicle charging//starting system, and a transport load transformer for converting power from the power sources to 3 phase power for powering the refrigeration system. A bank of batteries stores power from the sources for subsequent dispersal to the refrigeration unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: eNow Systems LLCInventors: Gerald Larson, Jeffrey C. Flath, Robert W. Doane, Philip R. Pierce, Stephen Lasher, Ryan Kennedy Kemmet
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Patent number: 11955727Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BlueHalo, LLCInventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
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Patent number: 11947073Abstract: An eye-mountable device is provided that includes a plurality of rigid polymer layers separated by liquid crystal layers. Certain eye-mountable devices includes a first rigid polymer layer, a second rigid polymer layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second rigid polymer layers. The liquid crystal layer has a refractive index that is electrically controllable between an ordinary refractive index and an extraordinary refractive index, and the first rigid polymer layer and second rigid polymer layer include materials having a refractive index similar to the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal layer. The first rigid polymer layer and second rigid polymer layer may also include a combination of monomer-derived units that provide cast-moldable materials with high oxygen permeability. Methods for fabricating the eye-mountable device and for changing the focal length of the eye-mountable device are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Twenty Twenty Therapeutics LLCInventors: Scott Kennedy, Jeffrey George Linhardt, Angela DiCiccio
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Publication number: 20230037511Abstract: A pump apparatus includes a pump configured for moving air, a housing supporting the pump, and an air output hose in communication with the pump. The housing further includes a rest for retaining a portion of the air output hose. The rest forms a u-shape having two side walls and a valley therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. Golden, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Patent number: 11478086Abstract: A system includes a pump having a filter. The filter includes a HEPA material configured for filtering air and the pump used to inflate an inflatable device configured to support a patient. A kit includes a pump configured for moving air to inflate an inflatable device, and a removable filter including a HEPA material couplable to the pump and configured to filter the air to inflate the inflatable device. The inflatable device configured to support a patient on a supporting surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. Golden, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20220287897Abstract: An exercise device includes one or more connectors adapted to be releasably coupled to a patient support apparatus; a patient-contacting portion adapted to contact a portion of the patient's body and to be resistively moved between a first position and a second position; a first location transceiver; and a sensor adapted to automatically detect movement of the patient-contacting portion between the first and second positions. The exercise device may also include a wireless transceiver adapted to transmit movement data derived from the sensor to a recipient device. In some embodiments, the exercise device is part of a system that includes a patient support apparatus and a second location transceiver positioned thereon. The location transceivers allow a controller to determine if the exercise device is currently coupled to the patient support apparatus or not, and/or to automatically pair the exercise device to the patient support apparatus for wireless communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Celso Henrique Farnese Pires Pereira, Jeffrey Kennedy, Kaitlin Therese Konopacz, Heather Sirianni
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Patent number: 11340991Abstract: A method may include initializing operation of a baseboard management controller at an information handling system. The baseboard management controller includes a real time clock. The method further includes receiving clock information from a real time clock circuit included at a field programmable gate array. The clock information at the real time clock at the baseboard management controller can be updated with the clock information received from the real time clock circuit included at the field programmable gate array.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert, Elie Jreij, Jeffrey Kennedy, Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri
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Publication number: 20210248038Abstract: A method may include initializing operation of a baseboard management controller at an information handling system. The baseboard management controller includes a real time clock. The method further includes receiving clock information from a real time clock circuit included at a field programmable gate array. The clock information at the real time clock at the baseboard management controller can be updated with the clock information received from the real time clock circuit included at the field programmable gate array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert, Elie Jreij, Jeffrey Kennedy, Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri
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Patent number: 10922150Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system comprising at least one processor, a management controller communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system, a debugging circuit, and a logic device coupled to the host system and to the management controller. The logic device may be configured to determine that a trigger event has taken place, and in response to the trigger event, provide a serial data stream corresponding to the trigger event to the debugging circuit. The debugging circuit may be configured to provide access to the serial data stream to a debugging information handling system via a wireless interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert, Jeffrey Kennedy
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Patent number: 10905247Abstract: A pumping apparatus includes a pump configured for moving air, a housing supporting and at least partially containing the pump, and an air output that includes a hose having a first end connected to the housing and in communication with the pump, such that the pump is configured to move air through the hose, and a second end configured for allowing air to exit the hose, wherein the hose has a length defined between the first and second ends. A switch is mounted on the hose and located along the length of the hose, and the switch is configured for controlling operation of the pump. The switch is located a distance from the second end of the hose that is less than 50% of the length of the hose.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. Golden, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Patent number: 10877535Abstract: An information handling system includes a chipset component configured to implement one of two hardware architectures, and a power button circuit coupled to the chipset component. The power button circuit receives an input signal from an assertion of a power button. The power button circuit further determines that the chipset implements the first hardware architecture and provides a first output signal to the chipset component in response. The first output signal is based on the input signal. The power button circuit further determines that the chipset component implements the second hardware architecture, and provides a second output signal to the chipset component in response. The second output signal is based on the input signal for a first predetermined time, followed by a pulse to the chipset component for a second predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventor: Jeffrey Kennedy
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Publication number: 20200397634Abstract: A system for use with an inflatable device includes an air output and a nozzle at a distal end of the air output. The nozzle includes a lip extending radially from the nozzle and configured to retain the nozzle in a port of the inflatable device. The lip has a non-circular shape around the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis, Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Paul H. Hanifl, Craig S. Golden, Mark D. Olson
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Patent number: 10836002Abstract: A pumping apparatus includes a pump configured for moving air, a housing supporting the pump, and an air output in communication with the pump. The apparatus further includes a power cord connected to the pump for providing electrical power to the pump and a standing base on a first end of the housing configured to support the pump apparatus in a standing configuration. The standing base includes a base mount configured for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the power cord wrapped around the base mount.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. Golden, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20200316732Abstract: A system includes a pump having a filter. The filter includes a HEPA material configured for filtering air and the pump used to inflate an inflatable device configured to support a patient. A kit includes a pump configured for moving air to inflate an inflatable device, and a removable filter including a HEPA material couplable to the pump and configured to filter the air to inflate the inflatable device. The inflatable device configured to support a patient on a supporting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. GOLDEN, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Patent number: 10765576Abstract: An inflatable device for turning or positioning a person in a bed. The inflatable device includes an inflatable body formed by a top sheet and a bottom sheet disposed beneath the top sheet to define a cavity configured to be inflated such that the top sheet forms a top wall of the cavity and the bottom sheet forms a bottom wall of the cavity. The device further includes at least one port having a port opening in fluid communication with the cavity and configured to provide an air input for air for inflating the cavity, wherein the at least one port comprises an elastic member for adjusting a size of the port opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis, Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Paul H. Hanifl, Craig S. Golden, Mark D. Olson
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Patent number: D894966Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Brian J. Ecklund
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Patent number: D934302Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Brian J. Ecklund, Jeffrey A. Kennedy
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Patent number: D956105Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Brian J. Ecklund
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Patent number: D967778Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Quinn Salditch, Jeffrey Kennedy, David Scharich, III