Patents by Inventor Mark Cunningham
Mark Cunningham 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: 20200116076Abstract: An engine assembly including an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each including a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, a compressor having an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the engine core, a first intake conduit in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and with a first source of air, a second intake conduit in fluid communication with the inlet of the compressor and with a second source of air warmer than the first source of air, and a selector valve configurable to selectively open and close at least the fluid communication between the inlet of the compressor and the first intake conduit. A method of supplying air to a compressor is also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Jean THOMASSIN, Sebastien BOLDUC, Bruno VILLENEUVE, Stephane BERUBE, Mike FONTAINE, David GAGNON-MARTIN, Andre JULIEN, Mark CUNNINGHAM, Serge LAFORTUNE, Pierre-Yves LEGARE
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Patent number: 10623450Abstract: A first device may receive connection requests to establish communications between a second device located behind a firewall and a third device located outside of the firewall. The first device may be located outside of the firewall. The second device and the third device may store data. The first device may receive a request for the data. The first device may provide the request via a first connection or a second connection. The device may receive the data. The data stored by the second device may be received by the first device from behind the firewall without using a tunnel through the firewall and in a streaming manner. The first device may provide the data. The data stored by the third device may be provided to the second device in the streaming manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Colm Aengus Murphy, Mark Cunningham
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Patent number: 10614413Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for product management The method can include obtaining user Identification information from a user, wherein the identification code is associated with a financial account, of the user; validating, by a processor, that the identification information is authentic based on registration information that was previously received; providing first access signal to a locking mechanism of a locking enclosure to unlock the locking mechanism based on the validating, wherein the locking enclosure securely stores a purchasable product; obtaining product identification information from a scan of a bar code associated with the product providing the product information that was obtained to be rendered on a display; receiving an indication from the user that the product information is correct; and providing a second access signal to the locking mechanism to lock the locking mechanism based on the indication that was received.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Justin Curry, Darren Thierry, Michael Dennis Callahan, Mark Cunningham, Richard Waight
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Patent number: 10576150Abstract: An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline Benson, Mark Cunningham, Cynthia Duchala, Jill Giles-Komar, Jinquan Luo, Michael Rycyzyn, Raymond Sweet
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Publication number: 20200040819Abstract: An air inlet system for an auxiliary power unit (APU) has an intake duct having a wall defining an inlet plenum and forming an inlet opening configured to direct air into the inlet plenum. The system further comprising a load compressor passage in fluid communication with the inlet plenum and leading to a load compressor of the APU; and a core compressor passage in fluid communication with the inlet plenum and leading to a core compressor of the APU. A deflector is provided in the inlet plenum between the inlet opening and the core compressor inlet to deflect at least part of particles carried by an incoming airflow away from the core compressor inlet toward the load compressor inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Nigel WALTERS, Nicholas NGOLY, David CERANTOLA, Mark CUNNINGHAM, Roger LACHANCE
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Publication number: 20200025132Abstract: An ejector comprises a primary nozzle having an annular wall forming part of an outer boundary of an exhaust portion of a primary flow path of a gas turbine engine. The annular wall has a downstream end defining a plurality of circumferentially distributed lobes. The ejector further comprises a secondary nozzle having an annular wall disposed about the primary nozzle, the primary nozzle and the secondary nozzle defining a secondary flow passage therebetween for channeling a secondary flow. The secondary nozzle defines a mixing zone downstream of an exit of the primary nozzle. A flow guide ring is mounted to the primary nozzle lobes. The ring has an aerodynamic surface extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge respectively disposed upstream and downstream of the exit of the primary nozzle. The aerodynamic surface of the ring is oriented to guide the high velocity primary flow into the mixing zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Guorong YAN, Mark CUNNINGHAM, Franco DI PAOLA
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Patent number: 10533489Abstract: A compound engine assembly including a common air conduit having an inlet in fluid communication with ambient air, a compressor, at least one internal combustion engine having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor, a turbine section having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the at least one internal combustion engine, the turbine section configured to compound power with the at least one internal combustion engine, and at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with the common air conduit, each of the at least one heat exchanger configured to circulate a fluid of the engine assembly in heat exchange relationship with an airflow from the common air conduit circulating therethrough. The compressor has an inlet in fluid communication with the common air conduit upstream of the at least one heat exchanger. The internal combustion engine may be a reciprocating engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Jean Thomassin, Sebastien Bolduc, Bruno Villeneuve, Stephane Berube, Mike Fontaine, David Gagnon-Martin, Andre Julien, Mark Cunningham, Serge Lafortune, Pierre-Yves Legare
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Patent number: 10533487Abstract: An engine assembly including an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each including a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, a compressor having an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the engine core, a first intake conduit in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and with a first source of air, a second intake conduit in fluid communication with the inlet of the compressor and with a second source of air warmer than the first source of air, and a selector valve configurable to selectively open and close at least the fluid communication between the inlet of the compressor and the first intake conduit. A method of supplying air to a compressor is also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Jean Thomassin, Sebastien Bolduc, Bruno Villeneuve, Stephane Berube, Mike Fontaine, David Gagnon-Martin, Andre Julien, Mark Cunningham, Serge LaFortune, Pierre-Yves Legare
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Publication number: 20190341959Abstract: A device and method of verifying protective case usage, is described. The device includes one or more processors to drive an electromechanical transducer with an input signal. The electromechanical transducer generates an input force based on the input signal, and a sensor of the device generates a test output signal in response to the input force. The one or more processors determine, based on the test output signal, a level of verification that a protective case is mounted on the device. The determination can include determining whether the test output signal matches a predetermined impulse response signal indicative of an unprotected device or a protected device. A digital identification tag of the protective case can be read by a radio-frequency transceiver of the device to provide an additional level of verification that the protective case is mounted on the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventor: Randy Mark CUNNINGHAM
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Patent number: 10374649Abstract: A device and method of verifying protective case usage, is described. The device includes one or more processors to drive an electromechanical transducer with an input signal. The electromechanical transducer generates an input force based on the input signal, and a sensor of the device generates a test output signal in response to the input force. The one or more processors determine, based on the test output signal, a level of verification that a protective case is mounted on the device. The determination can include determining whether the test output signal matches a predetermined impulse response signal indicative of an unprotected device or a protected device. A digital identification tag of the protective case can be read by a radio-frequency transceiver of the device to provide an additional level of verification that the protective case is mounted on the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Inventor: Randy Mark Cunningham
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Publication number: 20190217234Abstract: An inertial particle separator for an aircraft engine inlet, including inlet, intermediate and bypass ducts. The intermediate duct extends generally transversally from the inlet duct to the engine inlet, and communicates with the inlet duct adjacent its downstream end. The bypass duct extends downstream from the inlet duct and intermediate duct, and defines an outlet communicating with the environment of the engine. A wall of the intermediate duct intersects a wall of the inlet duct on an engine side of the wall of the inlet duct. The engine side of the wall of the inlet duct defines an engine-side inlet air flow line of the inertial particle separator. A wall of the bypass duct intersects the wall of the intermediate duct closer to a central axis of the engine than an extension of the engine-side inlet air flow line into the bypass duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Francois BISSON, Mark CUNNINGHAM
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Publication number: 20190201527Abstract: An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Jacqueline Benson, Mark Cunningham, Cynthia Duchala, Jill Giles-Komar, Jinquan Luo, Michael Rycyzyn, Raymond Sweet
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Publication number: 20190199388Abstract: A device and method of verifying protective case usage, is described. The device includes one or more processors to drive an electromechanical transducer with an input signal. The electromechanical transducer generates an input force based on the input signal, and a sensor of the device generates a test output signal in response to the input force. The one or more processors determine, based on the test output signal, a level of verification that a protective case is mounted on the device. The determination can include determining whether the test output signal matches a predetermined impulse response signal indicative of an unprotected device or a protected device. A digital identification tag of the protective case can be read by a radio-frequency transceiver of the device to provide an additional level of verification that the protective case is mounted on the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Randy Mark Cunningham
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Publication number: 20190168021Abstract: An optogenetic system and method for preventing or halting seizures. The system and method use a sensor for monitoring the activity of a neural network containing a group of target neurons, and generating an input signal indicative of said activity, the target neurons being excitatory neurons. Excitatory stimulation is delivered in the form of an optical signal by an optical stimulator to the target neurons, the optical signal being determined based on the input signal, to reduce the overall activity of the target neurons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: University of Newcastle Upon TyneInventors: Andrew Jackson, Mark Cunningham, Stuart Baker, Patrick Degenaar
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Patent number: 10272152Abstract: An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline Benson, Mark Cunningham, Cynthia Duchala, Jill Giles-Komar, Jinquan Luo, Michael Rycyzyn, Raymond Sweet
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Patent number: 10245540Abstract: An inertial particle separator for an aircraft engine inlet, including inlet, intermediate and bypass ducts. The intermediate duct extends generally transversally from the inlet duct to the engine inlet, and communicates with the inlet duct adjacent its downstream end. The bypass duct extends downstream from the inlet duct and intermediate duct, and defines an outlet communicating with the environment of the engine. A wall of the intermediate duct intersects a wall of the inlet duct on an engine side of the wall of the inlet duct. The engine side of the wall of the inlet duct defines an engine-side inlet air flow line of the inertial particle separator. A wall of the bypass duct intersects the wall of the intermediate duct closer to a central axis of the engine than an extension of the engine-side inlet air flow line into the bypass duct.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Francois Bisson, Mark Cunningham
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Patent number: 10197009Abstract: An ejector comprises a primary nozzle having an annular wall forming part of an outer boundary of an exhaust portion of a primary flow path of a gas turbine engine. The annular wall has a downstream end defining a plurality of circumferentially distributed lobes. The ejector further comprises a secondary nozzle having an annular wall disposed about the primary nozzle, the primary nozzle and the secondary nozzle defining a secondary flow passage therebetween for channeling a secondary flow. The secondary nozzle defines a mixing zone downstream of an exit of the primary nozzle. A flow guide ring is mounted to the primary nozzle lobes. The ring has an aerodynamic surface extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge respectively disposed upstream and downstream of the exit of the primary nozzle. The aerodynamic surface of the ring is oriented to guide the high velocity primary flow into the mixing zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Guorong Yan, Mark Cunningham, Franco Di Paola
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Publication number: 20180291096Abstract: A human anti-IL-23p19 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23p19 antibody, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jacqueline Benson, Jill Carton, Mark Cunningham, Yevgeniya Orlovsky, Robert Rauchenberger, Raymond Sweet
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Patent number: 10087839Abstract: An air intake for efficiently channeling a flow of ambient air toward an air inlet of a turboprop or turboshaft gas turbine engine is disclosed. The air intake comprises an intake inlet for receiving the flow of air, an intake duct for channelling the flow of air, and an intake outlet for discharging the flow of air toward the air inlet of the gas turbine engine. The intake duct may be oriented toward a flow direction of the air pushed aft by a propeller coupled to the gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Eugene Gekht, Francois Bisson, Mark Cunningham, Michel Desjardins, Guo Rong Yan
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Patent number: 10030070Abstract: A human anti-IL-23p19 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23p19 antibody, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline Benson, Jill Carton, Mark Cunningham, Yevgeniya I. Orlovsky, Robert Rauchenberger, Raymond Sweet