Patents by Inventor Joseph Allen
Joseph 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).
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Publication number: 20240125495Abstract: A steam dispersion system for building humidification is disclosed. At least a portion of the steam dispersion system is comprised of a flexible material that is collapsible for changing the outer dimension of the portion comprised of the flexible material from a greater, higher-pressure, size, to a smaller, lower-pressure, size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: James Michael Lundgreen, David Michael Baird, Joseph T. Haag, Mark Allen Kirkwold
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Publication number: 20240122706Abstract: A replacement heart valve prosthesis is loaded onto a balloon mounted onto a balloon shaft of a catheter system. The balloon shaft is rotatably engaged with an actuator on the handle of the catheter system. Rotation of the actuator by a first amount in a first direction permits rotation of the heart valve prosthesis by a known amount during the procedure so that alignment of the commissures of the replacement valve with the commissures of the existing valve can be predictably achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jason L. Quill, Dannah Dean, Cameron James Albin Murto, Edward James Anderson, Brad James Traeger, Payton Kristine Parmett, Nicholas Weldon Pensa, Joseph Allen Duerr
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Publication number: 20240117135Abstract: A system including an injector, a press, and a robotic conveyance is used to form a physically foamed article of footwear component from a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid. The parameters and features of the system are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner with enhanced throughput by the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Paul Irving Archer, Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Jay Constantinou, Gregory Paul Dufour, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Patent number: 11952164Abstract: A container assembly including a body and a lid, the lid comprising a rotational and axial guide feature extending radially from a radially interior surface of a lid sidewall. The rotational and axial guide feature is designed to provide axial translation/retention of an accessory when the accessory is rotationally engaged with the lid sidewall. The container and accessory can include an interface that creates a gas impervious/liquid impervious seal therebetween. The seal can be provided between sealing surfaces of the container and the accessory. The lid can include or exclude a bottom wall. The lid can include a score line defining a tear panel in the bottom wall, wherein the tear panel can provide an opening through the bottom wall when the score line is fractured.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventors: Daniel A Zabaleta, Sam D Hackett, Daniel Edward Livezey, Joseph D. Bulso, William Allen Hibbs, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240109185Abstract: A programmable motion system is disclosed that includes a dynamic end effector system. The dynamic end effector system includes an end effector that is coupled via a dynamic coupling to the programmable motion system, wherein the dynamic coupling provides that at least a portion of the end effector may spin with respect to an other portion of the end effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Thomas WAGNER, Kevin Ahearn, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Christopher Geyer, Thomas Koletschka, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
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Publication number: 20240109564Abstract: A method is provided that can include activating at least two wireless communication channels in parallel, between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. Each of the at least two wireless communication channels can operate at a different radio carrier frequency, and the first wireless transceiver may be part of a first vehicle. The method can also include transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, common information in parallel on the at least two wireless communication channels to the second wireless transceiver and deactivating the at least two wireless communication channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Padam Dhoj Swar, Carl L. Haas, Danial Rice, Rebecca W. Dreasher, Adam Hausmann, Matthew Steven Vrba, Edward J. Kuchar, James Lucas, Andrew Ryan Staats, Jerrid D. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Stephen Craven, Tania Lindsley, Derek K. Woo, Ann K. Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phillip A. Burgart, James Allen Oswald, Shannon K. Struttmann, Stuart J. Barr, Keith Smith, Francois P. Pretorius, Craig K. Green, Kendrick Gawne, Irwin Morris, Joseph W. Gorman, Srivallidevi Muthusami, Mahesh Babu Natarajan, Jeremiah Dirnberger, Adam Franco
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Publication number: 20240108193Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber; a dish rack movably received within the treating chamber, configured for receiving dishes for treatment during the cycle of operation, and moveable relative to the tub; a sprayer located within the treating chamber, configured to emit spray into the dish rack; and a deflector having a base portion fixed to the sprayer, wherein the deflector includes at least one wall that extends away from the base portion such that the at least one wall is positioned to prevent contact between the dishes in the dish rack and the sprayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Frederick Thomas Roderick, Mark Steven Feddema, Joseph Allen Gregory
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Patent number: 11945100Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a high flow vacuum source that provides an opening with an area of high flow vacuum at the end effector such that objects may be engaged while permitting substantial flow of air through the opening, and a load detection system for characterizing the load presented by the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Christopher Geyer, Thomas Koletschka, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
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Patent number: 11947348Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controller may have control elements configured to receive inputs from a user. A cover may be coupled to the controller. The cover may be movable between a closed position in which the control elements are covered and an open position in which the control elements are exposed. An antenna may be integrated in the cover. The antenna may be electrically connected to circuitry in the controller for communicating with a UAV. In some implementations, a conductive plane and/or an insulating plane may be integrated in the cover. In some implementations, a heatsink, a fan, and/or a support mechanism may be arranged on an under portion of the controller. In some implementations, a circuit board including a cutout may be arranged inside the controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Scott Thompson, Christopher Brian Grasberger, Patrick Allen Lowe, Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Logan Sweet, Blair Williams, Joseph Anthony Enke
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Patent number: 11944524Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. Aspects of the methods for assembling elastomeric laminates may utilize elastic strands supplied from beams that may be joined with first and second substrates, and may be configured to carry out various types of operations, such as bonding and splicing operations.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Uwe Schneider, Joseph Allen Eckstein
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Patent number: 11950091Abstract: A system and a method include an onboard communication system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The one or more processors may generate a session key that includes a shared secret key that is known by the onboard communication system and an off-board communication system, generate one or more encryption keys by hashing the session key with an identifier based on a cycle time that is known by the onboard communication system and the off-board communication system, generate one or more encrypted messages by encrypting one or more messages associated with one or more of the vehicle system or a route over which the vehicle system moves based on the one or more encryption keys, and communicate the one or more encrypted messages from the onboard communication system to the off-board communication system.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Joseph Gorman, Scott Sollars, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Claussen
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Patent number: 11944523Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Donning-Ratio from about 1.0 and about 3 to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Uwe Schneider, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein
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Patent number: 11945003Abstract: An object processing system within a trailer for a tracker trailer is discloses. The object processing system includes an input area of the trailer at which objects to be processed may be presented, a perception system for providing perception data regarding objects to be processed, and a primary transport system for providing transport of each object in one of at least two primary transport directions within the trailer based on the perception data.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Christopher Geyer, Thomas Koletschka, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
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Patent number: 11942723Abstract: Examples described herein relate to connector assembly for a connecting device. The connector assembly may include an electrical connector connectible with a corresponding receiving structure on a receiving device separate from the connecting device. Further, the connector assembly may include a connector housing enclosing the electrical connector. The connector housing may include a mounting lever engaged with a body of the connecting device to secure the connector housing with the connecting device and allow the connector housing to move relative to the body of the connecting device. Further, the connector assembly may include a biasing member disposed within the connector housing to bias the electrical connector toward the receiving structure on the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Chong S. Tan, Joseph Allen
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Patent number: 11932489Abstract: A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects is disclosed. The storage, retrieval and processing system includes a plurality of storage bins providing storage of a plurality of objects, where the plurality of storage bins is in communication with a retrieval conveyance system, a programmable motion device in communication with the retrieval conveyance system for receiving the storage bins from the plurality of bins, where the programmable motion device includes an end effector for grasping and moving a selected object out of a selected storage bin, and a movable carriage for receiving the selected object from the end effector of the programmable motion device, and for carrying the selected object to one of a plurality of destination bins.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, John Richard Amend, Jr., Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, William Hartman Fort, Christopher Geyer, Victoria Hinchey, Jennifer Eileen King, Thomas Koletschka, Michael Cap Koval, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
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Publication number: 20240084087Abstract: Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Publication number: 20240084088Abstract: Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Patent number: 11928325Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes displaying a plurality of factor-setting user interface (UI) control elements configured to receive an input of characters for specifying a set of design of experiment factors for creating a design of experiment (DOE), displaying a plurality of factor type UI control elements configured to receive input for specifying a factor type of a plurality of factor types, displaying a plurality of dynamic rows of editable UI control elements configured to receive inputs of experimental values for the set of DOE factors, and displaying a composite factor UI control component configured to receive inputs for generating one or more control signals that add or remove one or more DOE factors of the set of DOE factors.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Peng Liu, Mark Wallace Bailey, Bradley Allen Jones, Caleb Bridges King, Ryan Adam Lekivetz, Joseph Albert Morgan, Jacob Davis Rhyne
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Patent number: 11919656Abstract: A broad good, comprising a plurality of fibers looped randomly throughout the broad good, a binder material binding the plurality of fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally stable nonwoven veil, a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally stable nonwoven veil.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: General Nano LLCInventors: Larry Allen Christy, Joseph E. Sprengard, Jr., Jae Hak Kim, Chaminda Jayasinghe
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Publication number: 20240070150Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, apparatus, media, design structures, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving a source document, applying one or more pre-processes to the source document to produce contextual information representative of the structure and content of the source document, and transforming the source document, based on the contextual information, to generate a question-and-answer searchable document.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: David Nahamoo, Igor Roditis Jablokov, Vaibhava Goel, Etienne Marcheret, Ellen Eide Kislal, Steven John Rennie, Marie Wenzel Meteer, Neil Rohit Mallinar, Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Joseph Allen Pruitt, John Michael Pruitt, Bryan Dempsey, Chul Sung