Patents by Inventor Mark A. Williams

Mark A. Williams 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: 20240132218
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods comprising acoustically absorptive air ducts comprising an internally positioned structure component as an endoskeleton and an air impervious inner layer, and an acoustically absorptive foam outer layer, environmental control systems comprising such air ducts, and vehicles incorporating such environmental control systems are disclosed with methods for manufacture and installations are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rachel Ann Bires, Douglas Dean Maben, Christopher Edward Plass, Mark Michael Gmerek, David William Olson, Sonny Keever Nguyen, James Julius Koch, Greta Grace Hadford, Bryce Avery Van Dyke, Xin Han
  • Publication number: 20240135028
    Abstract: A system and method of dynamic search result permission checking. A system that provides end users the ability to search an index (i.e., Shinydocs Index) built from content from one or multiple source repositories, and only display results for which the user has sufficient permissions at source to view. User credentials are validated “on the fly”, such that these checks are performant across a multiple of possible back-end repositories sequentially or simultaneously. The resultant search results from the Index may be sourced from many disparate repositories, each of which have their own unique permission structure (to view individual items). A method for handling permissions in multiple repositories in a secure (yet performant) fashion in order to only display search results that the end-user is allowed to view based on source system permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jason William David CASSIDY, Khalid MERHI, Mark KRAATZ, Robert HASKETT, Benjamin BARTH, Darryl MCCUTCHEON, Gorgi TERZIEV, Jesse SHEATHER, Davey SLIMMON, Peter VANLEEUWEN, Scott WOODEND
  • Publication number: 20240131889
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus to transport utility-scale lithium-ion batteries in a racked and operational state. The apparatus includes a base and an isolation platform. In addition, the apparatus includes an isolator mounted on the base to support the isolation platform. The isolator is to dampen forces exerted on the isolation platform from the base. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a rack mounted onto the isolation platform. The rack is to secure a plurality of lithium-ion batteries to store energy at a utility-scale to be provided to a power distribution network. The plurality of lithium-ion batteries is racked in an operational state during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NOMAD TRANSPORTABLE POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Bellows, Gregg Richard Noble, Alex David Perkins, Lindsay Edward Gorrill, Paul Brant Coombs, Nan Wu, Jason Jean Martin, Mark Williams Hagedorn
  • Patent number: 11963686
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods for performing an osteotomy are disclosed herein. A surgical system includes a frame including a first section, second section, third section, fourth section, and a window. The surgical system can include a cut guide that can fit within the window and contact the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side. The surgical system can include an aligner that can fit within the window and contact the first side, the second side, the third.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC
    Inventors: Adam J. Cundiff, Nathan G. Peterson, Mark William Roberts, Jr., Eli W. Jacobson, William J. Bush
  • Patent number: 11963621
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
  • Patent number: 11965353
    Abstract: Fence mesh including line wires, and stay wires extending laterally across and intersecting the line wires to form a mesh, wherein a first type of wire knot is formed by a knot wire around the line wire and stay wire at intersections of the stay wires with the line wires in a primary zone, and wherein a second type of wire knot is formed by a knot wire around the line wire and stay wire at intersections of the stay wires with the line wires in a secondary zone, characterised in that the first type of wire knot is different from the second type of wire knot; and a machine for the formation of such a mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UMC INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark William Ullrich, Owen Joris Meijer, Michael Raymund Burtscher
  • Patent number: 11965191
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and compositions provided herein that include a compound protease. The compound protease can contain a protease domain, a cut site for another enzyme and an association domain. In some embodiments, the compound protease is part of a protein circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaojing Gao, Lucy S. Chong, Michael Elowitz, Mark William Budde, Matthew Sun-min Kim
  • Publication number: 20240122897
    Abstract: DMT nicotinate and DMT pamoate are disclosed. DMT and its salts are found useful in the treatment of stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and traumatic brain injury. They are particularly useful in the treatment of haemorrhagic stroke. They are particularly useful in the immediate treatment of undiagnosed stroke. They are for use with anti-hypertensives when treating haemorrhagic stroke or TBI. Also taught are preferred dosages and serum levels of DMT, an intravenous pump device containing a pharmaceutically acceptable form of DMT. The pump may be configured to provide a specific dose and/or duration. The pump may have a locking system to prevent access to said compound or said DMT above the dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mark WILLIAMS, Christopher BRYAN
  • Publication number: 20240122427
    Abstract: A filter arrangement for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes: a filter enclosure having an enclosure opening; a filter configured to be received through the enclosure opening into the filter enclosure in an insertion direction; and retention means operable between latched and unlatched states for releasably retaining the filter in the filter enclosure. The filter includes an actuation portion configured to operate the retention means, wherein the actuation portion is moveable between at least first and second positions and is biased towards the second position. When the filter is in the filter enclosure, movement of the actuation portion in the insertion direction from the first position to a depressed position transitions the retention means to the unlatched state, whereinafter the actuation portion is moved to the second position in which at least a part of the actuation portion is elevated above the enclosure opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jacob DYSON, Mark Timothy SHADDICK, Karl Alan JOLLY, Ketan PATEL, Taylor Teck Hui LIM, Jeremy William CROUCH, Miles Sinclair QUANCE
  • Patent number: 11957082
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of relaying data of an irrigation system comprises establishing, via a mobile device communication element, a connection with a component associated with the irrigation system; requesting, via the mobile device communication element, current operational data representing real-time measurements associated with operations of the irrigation system; receiving, via the mobile device communication element, signals representative of a first data stream comprising the current operational data of the irrigation system; and transmitting, via the mobile device communication element, a second data stream comprising at least a portion of the first data stream to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lindsay Corporation
    Inventor: Mark William Miller
  • Patent number: 11959227
    Abstract: The creped multi-ply tissue products are durable, smooth and have low levels of Slough. In certain instances, the creped multi-ply tissue products are produced using a creping composition comprising a non-crosslinked latex polymer. The creped multi-ply tissue products may have a geometric mean tensile (GMT) from about 700 to about 1,500 g/3?, a basis weight from about 45 to about 60 gsm and a Slough less than about 2.00 mg, such as from about 0.10 to about 2.00 mg. The inventive tissue products also have good durability, such as a Durability Index from about 10.0 to about 20.0, smooth surfaces, such as a TS750 value from about 15.0 to 40.0 and low stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
  • Patent number: 11962087
    Abstract: This document describes a single-layer air waveguide antenna integrated on a circuit board. The waveguide guides electromagnetic energy through channels filled with air. It is formed from a single layer of material, such as a sheet of metal, metal-coated plastic, or other material with conductive surfaces that is attached to a circuit board. A portion of a surface of the circuit board is configured as a floor of the channels filled with air. This floor is an electrical interface between the circuit board and the channels filled with air. The single layer of material is positioned atop this electrical interface to define walls and a ceiling of the channels filled with air. The single layer of material can be secured to the circuit board in various ways. The cost of integrating an air waveguide antenna on to a circuit board this way may be less expensive than other waveguide-manufacturing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Scott D. Brandenburg, David Wayne Zimmerman, Mark William Hudson, Sophie Macfarland
  • Publication number: 20240115177
    Abstract: An implanted neural micro interface device is provided. The device comprises microfilaments of various materials and forms embedded within a body. The microfilaments form interaction sites with surrounding neural tissue at their exit points from the implantable body. The body and filaments are configurable in a multitude of positions to provide increased engagement of a given neural tissue section as well as interaction and closed loop feedback between the microfilament sites. Such configurations allow for a range of recording, stimulating, and treatment modalities for the device within research and clinical settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Loren Halpern, Mark William Merlo
  • Publication number: 20240115829
    Abstract: There is disclosed system for oxygenating a patient in relation to anaesthesia using high flow gas delivery. The system has a flow source, and a controller for determining oxygenation requirements of the patient before or during anaesthesia. A method of oxygenating a patient in relation to anaesthesia using high flow gas delivery is also disclosed. The method determines oxygenation requirements of the patient before or during anaesthesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Jon Payton, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans, Thomas Henrich Barnes, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Craig Karl White, Anthony Brendan Williams, Laurence Gulliver, Michael Barraclough, Jonathan Mark Church, Jonathan David Harwood, Samantha Dale Oldfield, Callum James Thomas Spence, Milanjot Singh Assi
  • Publication number: 20240114942
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides compounds that antagonize certain T2R taste receptors, including related uses, methods, and compositions for the reduction of bitter taste and/or the enhancement of sweet taste. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides flavored articles or flavored compositions comprising such compounds, as well as uses of such compounds to reduce the bitter taste and/or enhance the sweet taste of such flavored articles or flavored compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Firmenich Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph R. Fotsing, Andrew Patron, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Mark Williams, Qing Chen, Kenneth Simone, Vincent Darmohusodo, Chad Priest, Melissa S. Wong, Thomas Brady
  • Publication number: 20240119460
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products may store, in a distributed cache, a rule associated with a plurality of accounts in a Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, the rule being stored in association with account data associated with the plurality of accounts; receive an account level exclusion directive associated with the account; store, in the distributed cache, the account level exclusion directive in association with the account; receive transaction data associated with a transaction in the RTP network between the account and another account; retrieve, from the distributed cache, the rule, the account level exclusion directive, and the account data associated with the account; exclude, based on the account level exclusion directive, use of the rule for processing the transaction; and process, without applying the rule, the transaction in the RTP network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Navendu Misra, Kavish Agarwal, Nipun Agarwal, Juharasha Shaik, Praveen Kumar Suresh Guggarigoudar, Ravi Rameshbhai Alagiya, Rajiv Ranjan, Durga S. Kala, Andrey Masharov, Xuepeng Li, Anuvind Pushpak, Marc Corbalan Vila, Stuart Mark Williams
  • Publication number: 20240119405
    Abstract: Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Edward Durkee, Stuart William Clark, Colin Holmes, Jason D. Shaffer, Mark R. Ibbotson, John Suarez
  • Publication number: 20240115418
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for removing heat from subcutaneously disposed lipid-rich cells are disclosed. In selected embodiments, suction and/or heat removal sources are coupled to an applicator. The applicator includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The rigid portion includes a thermally conductive plate and a frame coupling the thermally conductive plate and the flexible portion. An interior cavity of the applicator is in fluid communication with the suction source, and the frame maintains contiguous engagement between the heat removal source and the thermally conductive plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mark William Baker, Joseph Coakley, Paul William Martens, Albert L. Ollerdessen, William Patrick Pennybacker, Jesse N. Rosen, Peter Yee, John W. Allison
  • Patent number: D1022661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Security Enhancement Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Malone, Matthew Frank Trapani, Philip J. Ufkes, Thomas Hoke, Brian Searfoss, Mark Williams, Andrew Yarbro
  • Patent number: D1023781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sun-Jan Alan Huang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome, Christopher Lee Haun