Patents by Inventor Karl Richards

Karl Richards 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: 9919738
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle comprising: means for detecting a side-slope condition in which a vehicle is traversing a side-slope; and means for controlling an amount of torque applied to one or more wheels to induce a turning moment on a vehicle, the system being configured to cause a turning moment to be induced in a direction opposing side-slip of a trailing axle in a down-slope direction relative to a leading axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Simon Owen, Karl Richards, Andrew Maskell
  • Publication number: 20180069582
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a protective cover configured to attach to a wireless device having an exterior surface. The surface includes a first portion and a second portion mutually exclusive from the first portion. The second portion of the surface is associated with at least a portion of an antenna of the wireless device that performs proximity sensing for the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to cover the first portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to not cover the second portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. As a result, the proximity sensing and/or the power transmitted by the antenna are not affected by the protective cover when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device and when the wireless device is operational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Gerard McCaughey, Nikhil Nilakantan, Karl Richard Shields
  • Publication number: 20180057406
    Abstract: A permeable pavement and cured fiber composition and a related method are provided. The permeable pavement composition includes a quantity of pavement material, and a quantity of cured carbon fiber composite material (CCFCM) configured to be added to the pavement material to produce a reinforced composition having improved characteristics. An example of pavement material includes a pervious concrete material. The method includes providing a quantity of pavement material, and adding a quantity of cured carbon fiber composite material to the pavement material to produce a reinforced composition having improved characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Karl Richard Englund, Somayeh Nassiri, Liv Martha Haselbach, Hui Li, Haifang Wen, Kenneth W. Fischer
  • Patent number: 9855933
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, the vehicle speed control system being operable to receive an input signal corresponding to a rate of change of an angle of pitch of the vehicle, pitch rate, the system being operable to command a change in an amount of torque applied to at least one of the plurality of wheels in dependence on the pitch rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Karl Richards, Simon Owen
  • Patent number: 9838060
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a protective cover configured to attach to a wireless device having an exterior surface. The surface includes a first portion and a second portion mutually exclusive from the first portion. The second portion of the surface is associated with at least a portion of an antenna of the wireless device that performs proximity sensing for the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to cover the first portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to not cover the second portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. As a result, the proximity sensing and/or the power transmitted by the antenna are not affected by the protective cover when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device and when the wireless device is operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Antenna79, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Gerard McCaughey, Nikhil Nilakantan, Karl Richard Shields
  • Patent number: 9827982
    Abstract: A motor vehicle control system operable in a steering assist mode in which the system is configured to: detect steering angle; and control a distribution of torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle in dependence on the detected steering angle thereby to induce a turning moment in the direction of turn indicated by the steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Simon Owen, Karl Richards, Andrew Maskell
  • Publication number: 20170247365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods for the manufacture of inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs). In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1). The invention further relates to the use of DUB inhibitors in the treatment of cancer and other indications. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R8 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: MISSION THERAPEUTICS LTD, MISSION THERAPEUTICS LTD
    Inventors: Alison Jones, Mark Ian Kemp, Martin Lee Stockley, Karl Richard Gibson, Gavin Alistair Whitlock, Andrew Madin
  • Publication number: 20170247023
    Abstract: A method of controlling the brake system of a vehicle. The method includes receiving one or more electrical signals each indicative of a value of a respective vehicle-related parameter. The method further includes detecting that the vehicle is traveling across a slope based on the value(s) of one or more of the vehicle-related parameters. The method still further includes automatically modifying the amount of brake torque being applied to at least certain of the wheels of the vehicle in response to the detection of the vehicle traveling across a slope by increasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more wheels on one side of the vehicle, and decreasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more wheels on the other side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Simon OWEN, Karl RICHARDS
  • Publication number: 20170246955
    Abstract: A traction control system for a motor vehicle includes a controller configured to initiate a traction control intervention at one or more vehicle wheels. The controller is configured to inhibit the traction control intervention in dependence on a reduced wheel load condition in said one or more wheels. The reduced wheel load condition is identified based on at least one of a signal indicative of vehicle pitch and a signal indicative of vehicle heave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventor: Karl RICHARDS
  • Publication number: 20170232944
    Abstract: A method of controlling the braking of a vehicle descending a slope. The method includes receiving one or more electrical signals each indicative of a value of a respective vehicle-related parameter. The method further includes detecting that the vehicle is descending a slope based on the value(s) of one or more of the vehicle-related parameters. The method still further includes automatically modifying an amount of brake torque being applied to at least certain of the wheels of the vehicle in response to the detection of the vehicle descending a slope by increasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more trailing wheels of the vehicle, and decreasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more leading wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Simon OWEN, Karl RICHARDS
  • Publication number: 20170018840
    Abstract: A case for a wireless device includes a number of RF coupling elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to a first RF coupling element, and from the first RF coupling element to a RF redirector coupling element that redirects the RF radiation in a direction outward from said wireless device that is opposite to a user side of the wireless device. A corrugated metallic shield is optionally provided on an opposite side of the case, facing a user of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Antenna79, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Y. WONG, Robert MORENO, Karl Richard SHIELDS, Rong WANG
  • Patent number: 9522680
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle operable to control a driveline of a vehicle to vary and amount of torque coupling between first and second groups of one or more wheels, the control system being operable automatically to cause application of brake torque to a wheel of the first or second groups of one or more wheels in response to detection of loss of traction of one or more wheels, wherein if the amount of brake torque or brake pressure of a braking system employed to apply the brake torque exceeds a threshold value in response to the detection of loss of traction, the control system is operable to cause the driveline to reduce the amount of torque coupling between the first and second groups of wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Karl Richards, Simon Owen
  • Publication number: 20160355528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,3,4-substituted 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2,3-b]pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to compositions containing such compounds and to the use of such compounds as inhibitors of HIV replication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: VIIV HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Simon BELL, Iain Brian GARDNER, Karl Richard GIBSON, David Cameron PRYDE, Florian Michel WAKENHUT
  • Publication number: 20160356370
    Abstract: A motor vehicle controller configured to reduce net drive torque applied to one or more driving wheels of a first axle of a driveline when an amount of slip of a driving wheel of the first axle exceeds a first predetermined threshold value. The controller controls torque applied to wheels of a second axle and determines when the vehicle is operating in a split-mu condition in which slip of a driving wheel on one side of each of the two axles exceeds that of a driving wheel on an opposite side of the axles by more than a predetermined amount. The controller performs a split-mu mitigation operation by reducing net torque applied to a driving wheel of the axle that is experiencing the greater slip when an amount of slip of that driving wheel exceeds a second predetermined threshold value less than the first predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Karl RICHARDS, Simon OWEN
  • Publication number: 20160336153
    Abstract: The provision of blunt protrusions on a grounded screen of a plasma reactor in combination with a working gas diluted with a predominant quantity of an inert gas provides enhanced back corona discharge and greatly increased quantities of neutral radicals near and below the grounded screen of a plasma reactor vessel operated at near atmospheric pressure. Use of helium as the inert gas allow production of reactive species of oxygen, nitrogen or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Washington State University
    Inventors: Patrick Dennis Pedrow, Rokibul Islam, Karl Richard Englund, Shuzheng Xie
  • Patent number: 9485620
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for delivering emergent event notifications to a user's Mobile Device. Map and Calendar applications are polled with correlations made between map locations and event information. Geo-Fence Boundaries are established for map locations which are inherited by their associated events. Penetration of a Geo-Fence Boundary by a Mobile Device running the Mobile Application triggers a search for events that are associated with the established Geo-Fence Boundary. Filtered Notifications of event options of interest to the user are transmitted to the Mobile Device based on pre-established and dynamic variables and whether the user can arrive at the event while it is underway. Upon selection of an event by the user, the Mobile Device provides route and navigation guidance to the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventors: Denice M. Henson, Karl Richard Kohlbrand, Scott Robert Simons, Brian Jay Cobb, Brian Reid Henson
  • Patent number: 9472841
    Abstract: A case for a wireless device includes a number of RF coupling elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to a first RF coupling element, and from the first RF coupling element to a RF redirector coupling element that redirects the RF radiation in a direction outward from said wireless device that is opposite to a user side of the wireless device. A corrugated metallic shield is optionally provided on an opposite side of the case, facing a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Antenna79, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Y. Wong, Robert Moreno, Karl Richard Shields, Rong Wang
  • Publication number: 20160297299
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a motor vehicle controller comprising a computing device, the controller being configured to command a first releasable torque transmitting device of a drive-line to switch between a released condition in which a first releasable torque transmitting device substantially prevents transmission of torque from an input to an output portion thereof, and an engaged condition in which a releasable torque transmitting device allows torque transmission from an input portion to an output portion thereof. The controller may be configured to receive information indicative of: a speed of wheels of a first axle; a speed of wheels of a second axle; and a terrain over which a vehicle is driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Karl RICHARDS, Simon OWEN
  • Publication number: 20160287584
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I, wherein: R1 represents a cyclic group selected from phenyl, heteroaryl1, heterocyclyl1 and C3-6 cycloalkyl; wherein each cyclic group is optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, phenyl, C1-6 alkoxy optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, cyano, heteroaryl1a and heterocyclyl1a; and wherein each cyclic group is optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic or heterocyclic ring each containing from 1 to 3 heteroatoms (selected from N, O and S); and when the group is substituted the substitution may occur anywhere on the optionally fused ring system as a whole; and wherein heterocyclyl1 and heterocyclyl1a may additionally be substituted with ?O; X represents a bond or C1-6 alkylene (which may be straight or branched); R2 represents H or C1-6 alkyl; R3 represents H or C1-6 alkyl; Y represents a bond or C1-6 alkylene (which may be straight
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Karl Richard Gibson, Dafydd Rhys Owen
  • Patent number: 9447116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,3,4-substituted 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2,3-b]pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to compositions containing such compounds and to the use of such compounds as inhibitors of HIV replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ViiV Healthcare UK Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Iain Brian Gardner, Karl Richard Gibson, David Cameron Pryde, Florian Michel Wakenhut