Patents by Inventor Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor 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).

  • Publication number: 20170227504
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus for inspecting a part having a non-linear cross section includes a stationary sensor element including at least one phased array sensing unit, each of the at least one phased array sensing unit having a shape that is geometrically complimentary to the non-linear cross section of the part, and a support for the part having the non-linear cross section, the support comprising a drive assembly configured to move the part relative to the stationary sensor element, through an inspection beam emitted from the at least one phased array sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Kate BOUDREAU, Fred D. YOUNG, Joseph TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20170041990
    Abstract: A curved display for an electronic device, comprises a main substrate, a display circuit component, an OLED stack and a secondary substrate. The main substrate has a first curved section extending from a first end of the main substrate and a longitudinally adjacent second planar section extending to define a second end of the main substrate opposite the first end. The first curved section comprises at least one flat glass member bent into a curved configuration, and the second planar section comprises a flat segment of the flat glass member. The display circuit component is mounted to an upper surface of the second planar section, the display circuit component being positioned within and spaced from edges of the second planar section. The OLED stack is positioned over the first curved section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Taylor, Cynthia Sue Bell, Rod G. Fleck, Kshitij Moghe, Paul O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9517615
    Abstract: A backing film removal system including a substrate support member configured to support a substrate, where a backing film is attached to the substrate, a backing film separating member arranged operatively with respect to the substrate support member such that at least a portion of the backing film separating member is positionable between at least one portion of the substrate and backing film when the substrate is disposed on the substrate support member, a backing film holding member configured to maintain a separation between the substrate and backing film at the at least one portion of the substrate and backing film, and at least one drive unit connected to one or more of the substrate support member and the backing film separating member and operable to cause relative movement between the substrate support member and the backing film separating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shuonan Dong, Joseph Taylor
  • Publication number: 20160315453
    Abstract: A panelboard assembly having common components is disclosed. The panelboard assembly includes base rails, a first bus support extending between the base rails, the first bus support accommodating different thickness buses, buses coupled to the first bus support, and one or more breaker mounting barriers received over top of the buses. In some embodiments, the one or more breaker mounting barriers accommodating different width buses. Methods of assembling the panelboard assembly are disclosed, as are other aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Taylor, Prashanti Koka, Anthony P. Perini
  • Publication number: 20160311212
    Abstract: A backing film removal system including a substrate support member configured to support a substrate, where a backing film is attached to the substrate, a backing film separating member arranged operatively with respect to the substrate support member such that at least a portion of the backing film separating member is positionable between at least one portion of the substrate and backing film when the substrate is disposed on the substrate support member, a backing film holding member configured to maintain a separation between the substrate and backing film at the at least one portion of the substrate and backing film, and at least one drive unit connected to one or more of the substrate support member and the backing film separating member and operable to cause relative movement between the substrate support member and the backing film separating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Shuonan Dong, Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: 9470919
    Abstract: A method of producing a curved display for an electronic device comprises providing a substrate comprising a first curvable section comprising at least one flat glass member and a second longitudinally adjacent planar section, placing the curvable section in contact with a member having a curved surface, urging the curvable section towards the curved surface of the member and maintaining the curvable section in a curved configuration to thereby form the curved display having the adjacent planar section. A curved display and a mobile device having a curved display are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Taylor, Cynthia Sue Bell, Rod G. Fleck, Kshitij Moghe, Paul O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9230755
    Abstract: A switch assembly for an electronic device comprises a switch mount and a keycap. The switch mount has a slide switch with a slide switch base and a slide switch actuator. The keycap is positionable for slidable movement relative to the switch mount and is coupleable to the slide switch actuator. The keycap has an exposed portion slidable by a user between at least a first position and a second position to execute a first control function. The keycap is depressible in at least one of the first and second positions to execute a second control function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Taylor
  • Publication number: 20150150803
    Abstract: An aerosol preparation assembly includes an entrainment chamber defining an entrainment volume. The entrainment chamber includes a gas inlet port, an aerosol inlet port and an outlet port. The entrainment chamber is configured such that a velocity of a flow of a gas within the entrainment volume is less than a velocity of the flow of the gas within the gas inlet port. The entrainment chamber is configured such that at least a portion of inlet aerosol is entrained into the flow of the gas within the entrainment volume to produce an entrained aerosol flow at the outlet port. The particle selection chamber is configured to receive the entrained aerosol flow and produce an outlet aerosol flow. The particle selection chamber and nozzle are collectively configured such that a volumetric median diameter of the outlet aerosol flow is less than a volumetric median diameter of the inlet aerosol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: PARION SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul BOUCHER, Richard BOUCHER, Brian M. BUTTON, Michael R. JOHNSON, James B. FINK, Anthony J. HICKEY, Tomas NAVRATIL, William Robert THELIN, Stuart Robert ABERCROMBIE, Philip Jerome DRIVER, Mark Jeffrey EDHOUSE, Nicholas O. HEIJNE, Donal Joseph TAYLOR, Jonathan Hugh WILKINS
  • Publication number: 20150062140
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing a portion of a graphical object, and receiving data representative of one or more environmental conditions. For the portion of the graphical object, operations include defining a field of scalar values for presenting the graphical object on a display. Each scalar value is based on a distance between the portion of the graphical object and a corresponding point. Operations also include calculating one or more visual property values based on the scalar values and the one or more environmental conditions, and presenting the graphical object using the calculated visual property values of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Vladimir Levantovsky, Steven Robert Martin, Robert Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: 8945605
    Abstract: An aerosol preparation assembly includes an entrainment chamber defining an entrainment volume. The entrainment chamber includes a gas inlet port, an aerosol inlet port and an outlet port. The entrainment chamber is configured such that a velocity of a flow of a gas within the entrainment volume is less than a velocity of the flow of the gas within the gas inlet port. The entrainment chamber is configured such that at least a portion of inlet aerosol is entrained into the flow of the gas within the entrainment volume to produce an entrained aerosol flow at the outlet port. The particle selection chamber is configured to receive the entrained aerosol flow and produce an outlet aerosol flow. The particle selection chamber and nozzle are collectively configured such that a volumetric median diameter of the outlet aerosol flow is less than a volumetric median diameter of the inlet aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Parion Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Boucher, Richard Boucher, Brian M. Button, Michael R. Johnson, James B. Fink, Anthony J. Hickey, Tomas Navratil, William Robert Thelin, Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Philip Jerome Driver, Mark Jeffrey Edhouse, Nicholas O. Heijne, Donal Joseph Taylor, Jonathan Hugh Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20140367237
    Abstract: A switch assembly for an electronic device comprises a switch mount and a keycap. The switch mount has a slide switch with a slide switch base and a slide switch actuator. The keycap is positionable for slidable movement relative to the switch mount and is coupleable to the slide switch actuator. The keycap has an exposed portion slidable by a user between at least a first position and a second position to execute a first control function. The keycap is depressible in at least one of the first and second positions to execute a second control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: 8909851
    Abstract: A method of operation of a storage control system including: providing a memory controller; accessing a volatile memory table by the memory controller; writing a non-volatile semiconductor memory for persisting changes in the volatile memory table; and restoring a logical-to-physical table in the volatile memory table, after a power cycle, by restoring a random access memory with a logical-to-physical partition from a most recently used list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Jones, Robert W. Ellis, Joseph Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140354643
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points. A metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points. The computer device is configured to assign a visual property to image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value. The computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: 8896593
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points. A metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points. The computer device is configured to assign a visual property to image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value. The computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Monotype Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140340609
    Abstract: A method of producing a curved display for an electronic device comprises providing a substrate comprising a first curvable section comprising at least one flat glass member and a second longitudinally adjacent planar section, placing the curvable section in contact with a member having a curved surface, urging the curvable section towards the curved surface of the member and maintaining the curvable section in a curved configuration to thereby form the curved display having the adjacent planar section. A curved display and a mobile device having a curved display are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph Taylor, Cynthia Sue Bell, Rod G. Fleck, Kshitij Moghe, Paul O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20140158127
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a nasal cannula assembly, which includes a face piece. The face piece includes a plenum portion and a nasal interface portion. The plenum portion is configured to be coupled to a supply line and defines a flow path configured to receive an aerosol flow from the supply line. The nasal interface portion includes a first delivery protrusion and a second delivery protrusion. The first delivery protrusion is configured to convey a first portion of the aerosol flow to a first nostril, and the second delivery protrusion is configured to deliver a second portion of the aerosol flow to a second nostril. The plenum portion includes a sidewall having a curved surface configured to redirect the second portion of the aerosol flow towards the second delivery protrusion. The sidewall is configured to isolate the flow path from a volume downstream from the second delivery protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: PARION SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul BOUCHER, Brian M. BUTTON, James B. FINK, Anthony J. HICKEY, Tomas NAVRATIL, Stuart Robert ABERCROMBIE, Michael Richard BURCHER, Mark Jeffrey EDHOUSE, Jamie Alan GREENWOOD, Emma Jane HASLER, Guy Conwyn Julian MOSELEY, David William SMITH, Donal Joseph TAYLOR, Jonathan Hugh WILKINS
  • Publication number: 20140110456
    Abstract: A surgical device is disclosed, which has a loading unit having a cartridge assembly, anvil assembly, and a stapling drive member with a flange that engages at least one of the cartridge assembly and anvil assembly, the loading unit having a body portion; and a mechanical feature on the at least one of the cartridge assembly and anvil assembly, the mechanical feature being arranged to be engaged by the flange, the mechanical feature being indicative of an aspect of the loading unit. The mechanical feature can indicate the staple line length, staple size, type of loading unit, and/or whether the loading unit has been fired, for a surgical stapling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: D705918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: NWT Holdings, LLC.
    Inventors: Alexander Robinson, Joseph Taylor, Mark Williams
  • Patent number: D742492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NWT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Robinson, Joseph Taylor, Mark Williams
  • Patent number: D760157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Taylor