Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen 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: 11571144
    Abstract: A method of determining a CRF level for a user of a fitness tracking system includes receiving activity data from at least one activity sensor carried by the user during a number of workouts, the activity data including distance data for each of the number of workouts, and then generating workout data based on the activity data. The method further includes storing the workout data in a memory, the memory further including demographic data for the user. When the an attribute of the workout data is less than a threshold number, the method includes determining a first CRF level for the user based on a first CRF model. When the attribute of the workout data is greater than the threshold number, the method includes determining a second CRF level for the user based on a second CRF model, and displaying the first and second CRF levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mazzoleni, Jeffrey Allen, F. Grant Kovach, Jeffrey Knight, Matthew Trexler
  • Patent number: 11572844
    Abstract: A method for stopping an engine within a desired crankshaft angular range is disclosed. In one example, the method may take no control actions if it is determined that the engine will stop within the desired crankshaft angular range. However, if it is determined that the engine may stop outside of the desired crankshaft angular range, expansion combustion may be initiated in a cylinder so that the engine stops in a desired crankshaft angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Chris Paul Glugla, Imtiaz Ali
  • Patent number: 11564439
    Abstract: A fitness tracking system includes a shoe, a monitoring device, and a controller. The monitoring device is mounted on the shoe and includes an accelerometer configured to generate acceleration data corresponding to acceleration of a foot received by the shoe. The controller is operably connected to the accelerometer and is configured to collect sampled acceleration data by sampling the generated acceleration data, to identify foot strike data of the sampled acceleration data, to identify a local minimum of the sampled acceleration data collected prior to the foot strike data, and to determine foot strike characteristic data corresponding to the foot strike data based on an acceleration value at the local minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mazzoleni, F. Grant Kovach, Jeffrey Allen, Christopher Green
  • Publication number: 20230027880
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for executing efficient and reliable techniques for testing application programming interfaces (APIs) by utilizing at least one of API endpoint modeling data entities and workflow design user interfaces that are generated based at least in part on API endpoint modeling data entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Brown
  • Publication number: 20230027403
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for executing efficient and reliable techniques for testing application programming interfaces (APIs) by utilizing at least one of API endpoint modeling data entities and workflow design user interfaces that are generated based at least in part on API endpoint modeling data entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Brown
  • Publication number: 20230019675
    Abstract: A user positioning apparatus is provided including a malleable pad including a first gel elastomer. The first gel elastomer is releasably connectable to the second gel elastomer, and an adhesive layer is connected to the second gel elastomer. Further provided is a user positioning method. The user positioning method includes providing a malleable pad including a first gel elastomer, providing a platform, connecting the malleable pad to the platform via the first gel elastomer, providing a user, and positioning a body part of the user on the malleable pad. Further provided are a releasable fastening system, a releasable band, and a method for connecting a user to a platform. Further provided is a user positioning device including a malleable pad including a gel elastomer, the gel elastomer including a reaction product of a composition including an isocyanate prepolymer and a polyether polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Pittsburgh Plastics Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Carr, Tanner Jack Kennedy, George A. Paleos, Jeffrey Allen Sleigher
  • Publication number: 20230008940
    Abstract: A handheld safety knife is disclosed herein which comprises a removable blade cartridge installed into a handle having a cartridge recess. The cartridge recess retains the blade cartridge within the handle through one or more of the following: a contoured side wall matching that of the removable blade cartridge; a plurality of anti-rotation protrusions which are located in the cartridge recess; or a cartridge orientation feature which mates with a cavity located in the removable blade cartridge. When the blade becomes used, it may be removed and reoriented to access a fresh blade. During this blade exchange, the cartridge may be removed from the handle, but the blade is not exposed, thus yielding a safer design over that taught in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Kempker
  • Publication number: 20230004485
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for automatically testing workflow data entities based at least in part on user action graphs that are generated based at least in part on user action data for a plurality of user profiles. In doing so, various embodiments of the present invention address technical challenges related to software testing and make substantial technical improvements to improving the computational efficiency, traceability, and operational reliability of both test automation platforms and manual software testing platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ranasinghage Piyaviraj Ranasinghe, Jeffrey Allen Brown, Tharaka Deshan Hewa Walpita
  • Publication number: 20230001057
    Abstract: Biodegradable magnesium alloy implantable medical devices are protected to delay onset of corrosion, and thus biodegradability, or to corrode more uniformly. The protection allows for extended effective use of the devices while maintaining biodegradability. Examples of protective coatings include conversion coatings that at least partially remove exposed second phases from a surface of the magnesium alloy and coatings that provide a barrier between water and the surface of the magnesium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jeffrey Allen, James Mitchell, Christopher Storment, Jill Mendelson
  • Publication number: 20220410289
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body defining a mounting end and a receiving end, the mounting end positioned opposite from the receiving end, the main body defining a main body bore extending into the receiving end toward the mounting end; an extension defining a tool head attached to a rod, the tool head defining a tool head end opposite from the rod, a tool holder length defined between the mounting end and the tool head end, the tool head configured to receive at least one cutting tool, the rod received within the main body bore; and a locking mechanism engaging the extension and the main body in a locked position, the locking mechanism being disengaged from either the main body or the extension in an unlocked position, the locking mechanism being selectively positionable about and between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Anjian Chen, Jeffrey Allen Huffman
  • Publication number: 20220410288
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body defining a mounting end and a receiving end, the mounting end positioned opposite from the receiving end, the main body defining a main body bore extending into the receiving end toward the mounting end; an extension defining a tool head attached to a rod, the tool head defining a tool head end opposite from the rod, a tool holder length defined between the mounting end and the tool head end, the tool head configured to receive at least one cutting tool, the rod received within the main body bore; and a locking mechanism engaging the extension and the main body in a locked position, the locking mechanism being disengaged from either the main body or the extension in an unlocked position, the locking mechanism being selectively positionable about and between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Anjian Chen, Jeffrey Allen Huffman
  • Publication number: 20220418134
    Abstract: An electronic assembly is provided. The electronic assembly may include an electronic module mounted to a laminate, a cooling apparatus directly above the module, a single thermal interface material positioned between and directly contacting the module and the cooling apparatus, and a rotating cover rotatably attached to a top frame secured to the laminate, wherein the rotating cover includes an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Noah Singer, Jeffrey Allen Zitz, Mark D. Schultz, John Torok, William L. Brodsky, Yuet-Ying Yu, Shawn Canfield
  • Publication number: 20220418129
    Abstract: An electronic module assembly is provided. The electronic module assembly may include one or more processors mounted to a laminate, a top frame mounted to the laminate and surrounding the one or more processors, and a removable lid covering the one or more processors. The removable lid includes latches arranged along a perimeter of the removable lid, the latches engage with a lip of the top frame and secure the removable lid to the module assembly, and the removable lid can only be removed from the module assembly by releasing all of the latches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Noah Singer, Jeffrey Allen Zitz, Mark D. Schultz, John Torok, Yuet-Ying Yu, William L. Brodsky, Shawn Canfield
  • Patent number: 11537586
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting a layout table by a screen reader. Information regarding a document being displayed by an application is received from an application programming interface of a user interface automation system that provides information regarding user interface elements of application and/or the application. The information includes an indication that the document comprises a table. A determination is made as to whether the table is a data table or a layout table based upon the received information using a rule-based heuristic. When it is determined that the table is a layout table, presentation information associated with the layout table can be skipped over, and, cell data content within the layout table provided. Thus, for a determined layout table, the system and method allow the screen reader to act as if the containing table doesn't exist, but still read the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mariah Sigourney Moon, Ravi Gupta, Wesley Allan Witt, Carolina Hernandez, Matthew Walker Campbell, Vanguri Madhuri, Cullen Ray Sauls, Jeffrey Allen Bishop, Lindy Rose Le, Douglas Harold Geoffray
  • Publication number: 20220397906
    Abstract: A system having a guidance module to obtain a travel path from an agricultural machine to a target. The guidance module including a perception module to determine target line that extends from the machine to the target, and obstacle detection module to detect an obstacle in the first target line, the obstacle having an obstacle boundary that intersects the target line. The guidance module including a mitigation module to obtain a mitigation path around the obstacle based on the target line and the obstacle boundary, the mitigation path including a mitigation segment. The mitigation module including an entrance module configured to determine a starting position of the mitigation path based on a second target line and an exit module configured to determine the ending position of the mitigation path based on a third target line. The guidance module including convergence module to combine the mitigation path with the travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuri Sneyders, Jeffrey Allen Van Roekel, Matthew K. Rust, Rahul Ramakrishnan, Jared Ernest Kocer, Anthony Douglas Johnson Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220391308
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for performing functionally targeted unit testing by executing a set of functionally targeted testing operations with respect to a subset of one or more methods within the target software code unit that are associated with a functionally targeted method category, where the method category for a method is generated by utilizing a method category determination machine learning model and based at least in part on a set of method features for the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Brown, Ranasinghage Piyaviraj Ranasinghe
  • Publication number: 20220387852
    Abstract: A method of operating a fitness tracking system includes receiving at least one first value and at least one second value for at least one foot action parameter from a sensor during a user workout. The method further includes determining whether the user has experienced a first type of fatigue and a second type of fatigue based on the at least one first value and the at least one second value, wherein the first type of fatigue is defined by different rules than the second type of fatigue. When it is determined that the user experienced the first type of fatigue, a first recommended action is provided to the user via a personal electronic device of the user. When it is determined that the user experienced the second type of fatigue, a second recommended action is provided to the user via the personal electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jeff Knight, F. Grant Kovach, Paul Winsper, Michael Mazzoleni, Jeffrey Allen
  • Patent number: 11517649
    Abstract: Biodegradable magnesium alloy implantable medical devices are protected to delay onset of corrosion, and thus biodegradability, or to corrode more uniformly. The protection allows for extended effective use of the devices while maintaining biodegradability. Examples of protective coatings include conversion coatings that at least partially remove exposed second phases from a surface of the magnesium alloy and coatings that provide a barrier between water and the surface of the magnesium alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jeffrey Allen, James Mitchell, Christopher Storment, Jill Mendelson
  • Publication number: 20220374341
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for executing efficient and reliable techniques for software test execution planning by utilizing at least one of static execution plan data entities, dynamic execution plan data entities, worksheet execution run data entities, automated execution run data entities, and manual execution run data entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Brown
  • Patent number: RE49322
    Abstract: A plurality of transducers positioned at respective specified locations in a vehicle are actuated to generate a plurality of respective tones. A plurality of respective time differences are determined between times that each respective tone is generated by the respective transducer and the tone is detected by a portable device. A location of the portable device is determined based at least in part on the time differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kevin Holub, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Brad Alan Ignaczak