Patents by Inventor Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas 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).

  • METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES UTILIZING FOAM PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20230312858
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing articles, including articles of footwear, apparel, and sporting equipment are provided. The methods comprise decorating a plurality of foam particles. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles, or embossing or debossing the foam particles, or both. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles by printing, painting, dyeing, applying a film, or any combination thereof. The plurality of foam particles are affixed utilizing aspects of additive manufacturing methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jay Constantinou, Harleigh Doremus, Luis Folgar, Brandon Kvamme, Joseph Thomas Muth, Denis Schiller
  • Multiple memory type shared memory bus systems and methods
    Patent number: 11775458
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating an apparatus, which includes a host system, a memory system, and a shared memory bus. The memory system includes a first memory type that is subject to a first memory type-specific timing constraint and a second memory type that is subject to a second memory type-specific timing constraint. Additionally, the shared memory bus is shared by the first memory type and the second memory type. Furthermore, the apparatus utilizes a first time period to communicate with the first memory type via the shared memory bus at least in part by enforcing the first memory type-specific timing constraint during the first time period and utilizes a second time period to communicate with the second memory type via the shared memory bus at least in part by enforcing the second memory type-specific timing constraint during the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Andrew Roberts, Joseph Thomas Pawlowski, Elliott Cooper-Balis
  • Basket catheter with balloon
    Patent number: 11771495
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a catheter apparatus is configured to be inserted into a body part of a living subject, and including an elongated deflectable element including a distal end, an expandable basket assembly disposed at the distal end and comprising a plurality of splines and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the splines, an irrigation channel disposed in the elongated deflectable element, and an inflatable balloon disposed in the expandable basket assembly and including a plurality of irrigation holes in fluid connection with the irrigation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Andres Claudio Altmann, Joseph Thomas Keyes, Kevin Justin Herrera
  • MULTI-CYCLIC IRAK AND FLT3 INHIBITING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230303563
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure include disclosed compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)) and compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) which inhibit IRAK and/or FLT3 and which can be used for treating, for example, certain diseases. Some embodiments include methods of using the disclosed compound (e.g., in compositions or in pharmaceutical compositions) for administering and treating (e.g., diseases such as hematopoietic cancers, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), etc.). Additional embodiments provide disease treatment using combinations of the disclosed IRAK and/or FLT3 inhibiting compounds with other therapies, such as cancer therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Bryan HOYT, Craig Joseph THOMAS, Chris James FINOCCHIO, Daniel T. STARCZYNOWSKI, Gregory J. TAWA, Gabriel GRACIA MALDONADO, Jan Susan ROSEBAUM
  • FOOTWEAR COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHODS
    Publication number: 20230303796
    Abstract: Physical foaming a footwear component with a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid is provided. The method include temperature conditioning a mold and then engaging the mold with a robot that conveys the mold to a press. At the press a gas counter pressure is applied to a cavity of the mold before injecting a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid into the cavity of the mold. The process continues with releasing the gas counter pressure from the cavity of the mold and then removing the footwear component from the cavity of the mold. The parameters of the method are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Irving Archer, Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Jay Constantiou, Gregory Paul Dufour, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
  • Cache memory addressing
    Patent number: 11768770
    Abstract: Described apparatuses and methods order memory address portions advantageously for cache-memory addressing. An address bus can have a smaller width than a memory address. The multiple bits of the memory address can be separated into most-significant bits (MSB) and least-significant bits (LSB) portions. The LSB portion is provided to a cache first. The cache can process the LSB portion before the MSB portion is received. The cache can use index bits of the LSB portion to index into an array of memory cells and identify multiple corresponding tags. The cache can also check the corresponding tags against lower tag bits of the LSB portion. A partial match may be labeled as a predicted hit, and a partial miss may be labeled as an actual miss, which can initiate a data fetch. With the remaining tag bits from the MSB portion, the cache can confirm or refute the predicted hit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Pawlowski, Elliott Clifford Cooper-Balis, David Andrew Roberts
  • Accessory rail integral with or mounted to a door
    Patent number: 11761261
    Abstract: An access door may include a core, stiles on opposites sides of the core, an elongated panel extending transversely between the stiles, wherein a major face of the door between the stiles defines one or more recessed pockets along a top edge of the elongated panel between and the stiles and the elongated panel, and a notch formed into the top edge of the elongated panel and extending along at least one of the recessed pockets, the notch extending downwardly into the top edge of the elongated panel so as to form a lip in the top edge of the elongated panel with the notch positioned between the lip and the one or more recessed pockets, the lip and the notch of the elongated panel together forming an accessory rail, wherein the accessory rail is configured to receive and support a complementarily configured hanger base of an accessory hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
  • REMOTE CENTERS AND STABILITY SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230285097
    Abstract: A cannula includes a funnel portion and a tubular portion extending distally from the funnel portion. The tubular portion defines a longitudinal axis. An inner lumen extending through the tubular portion permits a medical instrument to be advanced or retracted through the tubular portion. A first visual indicator on the tubular portion is indicative of a first defined remote center of motion about which the tubular portion is pivotable by a robotic system, and a second visual indicator on the tubular portion and spaced apart axially from the first visual indicator is indicative of a second defined remote center of motion about which the tubular portion is pivotable by a robotic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Marissa Anne CROSETTI, Alexander Tarek HASSAN, Mary Margaret SCHEUNERT, Christopher Brock STONE, Joseph Thomas MOZLOOM, JR.
  • Precision dynamic range expansion for current measurement
    Patent number: 11754599
    Abstract: A measurement circuit comprises an input terminal to receive a current signal, a first circuit branch coupled to the first terminal and including one or more circuit elements to receive a portion of the current signal, a second circuit branch coupled to the first terminal and including one or more additional circuit elements to receive another portion of the current signal, a nonlinear circuit element coupling the first circuit branch to the second circuit branch, and a quantization circuit configured to produce an input current measurement of current in the first and second circuit branches, and to include current in the second circuit branch in the input current measurement according to a magnitude of the input current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Thomas, Joseph L. Sousa, Micah Galletta O'Halloran, Alex Robert Sloboda
  • Compound rotary actuator with separately commanded lock actuation
    Patent number: 11746865
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary lock assembly that includes an epicyclic gear assembly that includes a sun gear assembly having a sun gear axial aperture defined therein, a ring gear assembly, and a planet gear assembly mechanically engaged to the sun gear assembly and to the ring gear assembly, a lock motor configured to urge rotation of the sun gear assembly, and a screw lead extending axially through the sun gear axial aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Kopecek
  • RESISTOR DAC GAIN CORRECTION
    Publication number: 20230275592
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) gain correction are described herein. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit can include a switch bridge circuit having a first leg and a second leg that define respective mutually exclusive first and second DAC signal paths. The DAC circuit can further include a first compensation circuit configured to provide a first compensation current to the first leg of the switch bridge to compensate for a current defect caused by a voltage drop across a portion of the first DAC signal path. The DAC circuit can also include a second compensation circuit configured to provide a. second compensation current to a second leg of the switch bridge to compensate for a voltage drop across a portion of the second DAC signal path. The DAC circuit can be included in a larger circuit such as a continuous time sigma delta (CTSD) analog-to-digital converter (ADC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Thomas, Roberto Sergio Matteo Maurino
  • Heat transfer during ablation procedures
    Patent number: 11737818
    Abstract: Described embodiments include an apparatus that includes an intrabody probe and an electrode coupled to a distal end of the intrabody probe. The electrode includes a flexible electrically-insulating substrate, comprising a substrate surface. The electrode further includes a layer of an electrically-conducting metal covering at least part of the substrate surface. The electrode further includes a metallic sheet, comprising an inner sheet surface, and an outer sheet surface shaped to define multiple depressions. The electrode further includes an adhesive, which fills the depressions and bonds the outer sheet surface to the layer of the electrically-conducting metal. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Joseph Thomas Keyes
  • Selecting lesson asset information based on a physicality assessment
    Patent number: 11741846
    Abstract: A method for execution by a computing entity for creating a learning tool regarding a topic includes issuing a representation of a first set of physicality assessment assets of a first learning object to a second computing entity. The method further includes obtaining a first assessment response in response to the representation of the first set of physicality assessment assets. The method further includes selecting one of the first learning object, a second learning object, and a third learning object as an active learning object based on the first assessment response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Enduvo, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bramlet, Justin Douglas Drawz, Steven J. Garrou, Joseph Thomas Tieu, Joon Young Kim, Gary W. Grube
  • Selecting lesson asset information based on a learner profile
    Patent number: 11741847
    Abstract: A method for execution by a computing entity for creating a learning tool regarding a topic includes issuing a representation of a first set of profile assessment assets of a first learning object to a second computing entity. The method further includes determining a learner profile associated with the second computing entity based on a first assessment response in response to the representation of the first set of profile assessment assets. The method further includes selecting one of the first learning object, a second learning object, and a third learning object as an active learning object based on the learner profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Enduvo, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bramlet, Justin Douglas Drawz, Steven J. Garrou, Joseph Thomas Tieu, Joon Young Kim, Gary W. Grube
  • Methods and systems for improving fuel injection repeatability
    Patent number: 11739706
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for balancing a plurality of fuel injectors. In one example, a method includes adjusting port-fuel injecting parameters in response to a learned direct injector fueling error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Pursifull, Rani Kiwan, Paul Hollar, Joseph Thomas
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION
    Publication number: 20230265413
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of immobilized enzymes on the surface of achromosomal and/or anucleate cells and uses thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides genetically engineered minicells with enzymes self-assembled on their surface. The immobilized enzymes on the surface of achromosomal and/or anucleate minicells, has agricultural, industrial, and environmental applications due to their improved stability durability and, reusability. Also, provided are methods for producing and purifying enzyme-immobilized minicells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ameer Hamza Shakeel, Zachery George Davis, Joseph Thomas Frank, Sepehr Zomorodi, Payam Pourtaheri
  • Methods of manufacturing articles utilizing foam particles
    Patent number: 11732102
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing articles, including articles of footwear, apparel, and sporting equipment are provided. The methods comprise decorating a plurality of foam particles. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles, or embossing or debossing the foam particles, or both. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles by printing, painting, dyeing, applying a film, or any combination thereof. The plurality of foam particles are affixed utilizing aspects of additive manufacturing methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Constantinou, Harleigh Doremus, Luis Folgar, Brandon Kvamme, Joseph Thomas Muth, Denis Schiller
  • Traveling finger lock for an actuator
    Patent number: 11732675
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a linear actuator lock apparatus having a housing having an inner surface defining an axial cavity having a first housing portion where the axial cavity has a first lateral size, a second housing portion having a second, larger lateral size, and a face from the first housing portion to the second housing portion, a lock assembly having a lock carrier configured for movement within the cavity between a first position and a position, and a lock finger affixed to and extending away from the lock carrier, where the second finger end is configured to contact the face when extended and fit within the first housing portion when retracted, and a sleeve configured to move between a position in which the lock finger is permitted to extend and a position configured to contact and retract the lock finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Kopecek
  • Balloon catheter assisted by pulling a puller-wire
    Patent number: 11730932
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a shaft, a distal-end assembly and a puller-wire. The shaft is configured for insertion into a body of a patient. The distal-end assembly, which is coupled to the shaft, includes a telescopic assembly, configured to elongate so as to collapse the distal-end assembly, and to compress so as to expand the distal-end assembly. The distal-end assembly further includes an elastic element, coupled to self-elongate and thus elongate the telescopic assembly. The distal-end assembly also includes an inflatable balloon, which is coupled to the telescopic assembly and is configured to collapse by the telescopic assembly elongating, and to expand by the telescopic assembly compressing. The puller-wire runs through the shaft and is connected to a distal end of the telescopic assembly, and is configured, when pulled, to compress the telescopic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Kevin Justin Herrera, Joseph Thomas Keyes
  • Spare substitution in memory system
    Patent number: 11726866
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for spare substitution in a memory system are described. A controller may, as part of a background operation, assign a spare bit to replace a bit of a code word and save an indication of the spare bit assignment in a memory array. The code word may include a set of bits that each correspond to a respective Minimum Substitution Region (MSR) within a memory medium that retains the code word. An MSR corresponding to the bit to be replaced may include a quantity of erroneous bits relative to a threshold. The controller may, during a read operation, identify the spare bit in a first portion of the code word, determine the bit to be replaced based on accessing the memory array, and replace the bit with the spare bit concurrently with receiving a second portion of the code word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Pawlowski