Patents by Inventor Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith 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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Patent number: 11973241Abstract: A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, at least one battery module, a lid secured to the tray to provide an enclosure having an interior that houses the at least one battery module, the lid having a lid aperture, and a reinforcement member is secured directly to the lid. The reinforcement member has a reinforcement member aperture. A fastener extends through the lid aperture and the reinforcement member aperture. The fastener is secured to a structure within the interior. The reinforcement member is secured directly to the lid separately from the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yongcai Wang, James Lawrence Swoish, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Yunan Guo, Ahteram Khan, Micah Smith, Michael Luchtman
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Patent number: 11944224Abstract: An adjustable curtain mounting assembly covers a window assembly and comprises a mounting plate adapted to be attachable to the window assembly, a backer, and a first attachment element releasably attaching the backer to the mounting plate, a curtain attachable to the window assembly, and a cover having a second attachment element releasably attaching the cover to the backer. The backer is positioned between the cover and the mounting plate, and the curtain is positioned between the cover and the backer, and the cover, the backer and the mounting plate area cooperate to resist relative movement of the curtain with respect to the window assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Otterspace, LLCInventors: Melissa Smith, Amanda Zila
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Publication number: 20240093496Abstract: A surface-reinforced bitumen roofing membrane includes at least two layers, namely 1) a bitumen compound layer, and 2) a fiber mat, and can optionally include a) an optional bleed blocker layer that is located between the bitumen compound layer and the fiber mat, b) an optional liquid applied coating that partially or fully encapsulates the fiber mat, c) an optional release liner that is releasably positioned on the bottom surface of the bitumen roofing membrane, and/or d) an optional release film that is releasably positioned on the fiber mat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Julie Anne Geyer, Melissa Rus, Jason Smith
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Patent number: 11929517Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes, among other things, a tray, a lid secured to the tray to provide an enclosure having an interior, at least one battery module disposed within the interior, a cross-member disposed within the interior adjacent to the at least one battery module, and a stanchion secured to the cross-member. The stanchion disposed entirely within the interior. The assembly further includes a fastener that extends through an opening in the lid to engage the stanchion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Derek Langley, Dave Moschet, Micah Smith, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Brent Zapczynski, Michael Luchtman, Saravanan Paramasivam
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Publication number: 20220378238Abstract: An adjustable curtain mounting assembly covers a window assembly and comprises a mounting plate adapted to be attachable to the window assembly, a backer, and a first attachment element releasably attaching the backer to the mounting plate, a curtain attachable to the window assembly, and a cover having a second attachment element releasably attaching the cover to the backer. The backer is positioned between the cover and the mounting plate, and the curtain is positioned between the cover and the backer, and the cover, the backer and the mounting plate area cooperate to resist relative movement of the curtain with respect to the window assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Otterspace, LLCInventors: Melissa Smith, Amanda Zila
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Patent number: 11499234Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of forming a structure includes: forming a liquid oxide material at a low temperature by dissolving fumed nanoparticles in a liquid hydrate of a silicate or an aluminate; applying the liquid oxide material on a substrate; and at a low temperature, curing the liquid oxide material to evolve gaseous water, leaving structural silicate glass.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Melissa A. Smith, Bradley P. Duncan
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Patent number: 11444027Abstract: A wafer-scale satellite bus and a manner of making the same include using wafer reconstruction techniques to stack functional diced circuits onto each other and bond them. The disclosed techniques allow for a variety of functions in each die, including providing, without limitation: ground-based communications, attitude and propulsion control, fuel tanks and thrusters, and power generation. The wafers are initially manufactured according to a common wafer design that provides electrical and power interconnects, then different wafers are further processed using subsystem-specific techniques. The circuits on differently-processed wafers are reconstructed into a single stack using e.g. wafer bonding. Surface components are mounted, and the circuitry is diced to form the final satellites. Mission-specific functions can be incorporated, illustratively by surface-mounting, to the bus at an appropriate stage of assembly, on-wafer circuitry or instrument packages for performing these functions.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Mordechai Rothschild, Sumanth Kaushik, Melissa A. Smith, Livia Racz, Dennis Burianek
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Patent number: 11217417Abstract: In some embodiments, a self-aligned electrospray device can include a silicon wafer, a fluid reservoir, and a circuit. The silicon wafer can have a layer of electrically insulating material deposited on a top surface and a deposited layer of electrically conducting material. The silicon wafer and the deposited layers can have through holes. The electrically insulating layer may be undercut. The fluid reservoir can be mounted to a bottom surface of the silicon wafer for containing fluid. The circuit can provide an electric potential difference and be coupled between the layer of electrically conducting material and the fluid reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Melissa A. Smith, Donna-Ruth W. Yost
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Publication number: 20210369144Abstract: An external medical device includes monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a cardiac condition of a patient using the external medical device; and a controller configured to: receive at least one of patient input and non-patient user input of a patient's ability; determine a patient interaction mode of the external medical device based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input; and adapt the patient interaction mode of the external medical device over time based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Patrick Hresko, Grace Owens, Trisha A. Biel, John Clark, Melissa Smith, Mark F. Roberto
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Patent number: 11116426Abstract: An external medical device includes monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a cardiac condition of a patient using the external medical device; and a controller configured to: receive at least one of patient input and non-patient user input of a patient's ability; determine a patient interaction mode of the external medical device based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input; and adapt the patient interaction mode of the external medical device over time based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Patrick Hresko, Grace Owens, Trisha A. Pavel, John Clark, Melissa Smith, Mark F. Roberto
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Publication number: 20210228118Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring brain activity of a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of spatially separated emitters operable to generate infrared radiation. The apparatus also includes a plurality of spatially separated infrared radiation detectors, and a plurality of light pipes urged into contact with the user's scalp, each one of the plurality of emitters and detectors having an associated light pipe operable to couple infrared radiation from the emitter into the scalp or to couple infrared radiation from the scalp to the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Christopher Friesen, Tony Joseph Gerald Ingram, Eric Anthony Hamilton, Michael Lawrence, Karl Ryland Leuschen, Megan Melissa Smith, Luke Murphy Haliburton, Chad Douglas Murphy
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Patent number: 10893834Abstract: A charger for charging a pressure sensing catheter is provided. The charger can include a plurality of charging ports for receiving a portion of the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter. The charging port may include an engagement portion for engaging with the portion of the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter such that when the engagement portion engages with the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter, the engagement portion is fluidly coupled to the catheter lumen and the pressure transmission medium from the engagement portion is displaced from the engagement portion to charge the one or more balloons of the pressure sensing catheter. The charger can include a cover for covering the engagement portion. The charger can include flutes defined on a surface of each charging port to permit a predetermined volume of the pressure transmission medium to be displaced from each charging port.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.Inventors: Megan Melissa Smith, Deepak Bhardwaj, Hooman Reza Zadeh Tabatabai, Adrian G. Dacko, Ing Han Goping, Kristian Josef Olsen
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Publication number: 20200395186Abstract: In some embodiments, a self-aligned electrospray device can include a silicon wafer, a fluid reservoir, and a circuit. The silicon wafer can have a layer of electrically insulating material deposited on a top surface and a deposited layer of electrically conducting material. The silicon wafer and the deposited layers can have through holes. The electrically insulating layer may be undercut. The fluid reservoir can be mounted to a bottom surface of the silicon wafer for containing fluid. The circuit can provide an electric potential difference and be coupled between the layer of electrically conducting material and the fluid reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Melissa A. SMITH, Donna-Ruth W. YOST
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Publication number: 20200365512Abstract: A wafer-scale satellite bus and a manner of making the same include using wafer reconstruction techniques to stack functional diced circuits onto each other and bond them. The disclosed techniques allow for a variety of functions in each die, including providing, without limitation: ground-based communications, attitude and propulsion control, fuel tanks and thrusters, and power generation. The wafers are initially manufactured according to a common wafer design that provides electrical and power interconnects, then different wafers are further processed using subsystem-specific techniques. The circuits on differently-processed wafers are reconstructed into a single stack using e.g. wafer bonding. Surface components are mounted, and the circuitry is diced to form the final satellites. Mission-specific functions can be incorporated, illustratively by surface-mounting, to the bus at an appropriate stage of assembly, on-wafer circuitry or instrument packages for performing these functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Mordechai ROTHSCHILD, Sumanth KAUSHIK, Melissa A. SMITH, Livia RACZ, Dennis BURIANEK
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Publication number: 20200291530Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of forming a structure includes: forming a liquid oxide material at a low temperature by dissolving fumed nanoparticles in a liquid hydrate of a silicate or an aluminate; applying the liquid oxide material on a substrate; and at a low temperature, curing the liquid oxide material to evolve gaseous water, leaving structural silicate glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Melissa A. Smith, Bradley P. Duncan
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Publication number: 20200029905Abstract: A connector for connecting a pressure sensing catheter to charger is provided. The connector can include a first engagement portion engageable with a charger engagement portion of the charger to displace a pressure transmission medium in the charger engagement portion to charge one or more balloons of the pressure sensing catheter. The connector can have a handle that includes a tab terminating in an end surface engageable with an engagement surface of the charger when the first engagement portion engages with the charger engagement portion. The connector includes a distal abutment portion that engages with a portion of the charger engagement portion to provide an audible or tactile feedback, so as to prevent inadvertent overcharging of the balloons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Megan Melissa Smith, Deepak Bhardwaj, Hooman Reza Zadeh Tabatabai, Adrian G. Dacko, Kristian Josef Olsen
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Publication number: 20200029906Abstract: A charger for charging a pressure sensing catheter is provided. The charger can include a plurality of charging ports for receiving a portion of the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter. The charging port may include an engagement portion for engaging with the portion of the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter such that when the engagement portion engages with the proximal section of the pressure sensing catheter, the engagement portion is fluidly coupled to the catheter lumen and the pressure transmission medium from the engagement portion is displaced from the engagement portion to charge the one or more balloons of the pressure sensing catheter. The charger can include a cover for covering the engagement portion. The charger can include flutes defined on a surface of each charging port to permit a predetermined volume of the pressure transmission medium to be displaced from each charging port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Megan Melissa Smith, Deepak Bhardwaj, Hooman Reza Zadeh Tabatabai, Adrian G. Dacko, Ing Han Goping, Kristian Josef Olsen
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Patent number: 10531834Abstract: A connector for connecting a pressure sensing catheter to charger is provided. The connector can include a first engagement portion engageable with a charger engagement portion of the charger to displace a pressure transmission medium in the charger engagement portion to charge one or more balloons of the pressure sensing catheter. The connector can have a handle that includes a tab terminating in an end surface engageable with an engagement surface of the charger when the first engagement portion engages with the charger engagement portion. The connector includes a distal abutment portion that engages with a portion of the charger engagement portion to provide an audible or tactile feedback, so as to prevent inadvertent overcharging of the balloons.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.Inventors: Megan Melissa Smith, Deepak Bhardwaj, Hooman Reza Zadeh Tabatabai, Adrian G. Dacko, Kristian Josef Olsen
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Patent number: D880690Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.Inventors: Megan Melissa Smith, Kristian Josef Olsen, Vincent Lambert, Steven Christopher Lepke
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Patent number: D1027390Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventor: Melissa Smith