Patents by Inventor Michael A. Schneider
Michael A. Schneider 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: 11950994Abstract: An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, and an elongated shaft extending from the housing. The elongated shaft has a proximal end secured to the housing, a distal end spaced from the proximal end, and a first axis extending between the proximal and distal ends of the elongated shaft. Surgical fasteners are disposed in the elongated shaft. The surgical fasteners are stacked at an angle relative to the first axis of the elongated shaft. A distal end cap having a surgical fastener dispensing window is secured to the distal end of the elongated shaft. The applicator instrument has a firing system disposed in the housing, and an actuator coupled with the firing system for activating the firing system to dispense the surgical fasteners through the surgical fastener dispensing window.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Michael Cardinale, Doug Souls, Anthony Miksza, Aaron J. Brickner, Jared Schneider, Todd Sack, David R. Schiff, Erin Elizabeth Wenig
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Publication number: 20240110380Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110384Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110390Abstract: A deck tile assembly is disclosed. The deck tile assembly comprises a frame having at least four sides. The deck tile assembly further comprises a plurality of bars for providing a support structure to the frame. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two parallel sleepers permanently attached between two opposite sides of the frame and mounted on the plurality of bars. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device is mounted on one of the at least two parallel sleepers. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two supporting members for attaching the frame with the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher J. Heritage, Evan Carl Parker, JR.
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Publication number: 20240110381Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110405Abstract: A system includes an initial position identified to build one or more connected structures. The system also includes one or more corner brackets attached to a plurality of frame members at the initial position. The system also includes a plurality of mid-beams and center braces positioned in between each of the frame members and each of the corner brackets to enable decorative screen panels to be placed between each of the frame members and corner brackets. The decorative screen panels are positioned over the mid-beams and center beams and in between the corner brackets and frame members. The system also includes a plurality of corner posts each inserted into one of the corner brackets. The corner posts, combined with the corner brackets form a T-shaped frame around the decorative screen panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Paige Barbara Moore, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Publication number: 20240110382Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110383Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110385Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Patent number: 11946668Abstract: A system for heating up water for a consumer unit in an aircraft, having a water reservoir and a control unit. The water reservoir has a heating device to heat water held in the water reservoir to a consumer temperature. The control unit controls the heating device so water in the water reservoir is automatically heated to or above a disinfection temperature at which germ formation in the water reservoir is eliminated or suppressed, and a temperature of the water in the water reservoir is maintained at or above the disinfection temperature for a disinfection period, the heating to the disinfection temperature being effected only during flight phases or portions of flight phases of the aircraft during which use of the consumer unit by a user is not to be expected. A corresponding method and an aircraft having such a system are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Michael Rempe, Frederik Albers, Frank Schneider, Axel Schreiner, Tim Lübbert
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Patent number: 11945566Abstract: A drain mast for an aircraft for discharge of water from the aircraft interior with a line which extends in a line direction from a connector end to a discharge end. The connector end can connect to another line in the interior of the aircraft, through which further line water flows into the drain mast. The discharge end can discharge water into a surrounding area of the aircraft. The line includes a plastic, into which a conductive material is embedded, by which the line can be heated electrically, by a heating current being conducted through the conductive material. A proportion of the embedded conductive material in the line increases in the line direction per length unit from the connector end of the line towards the discharge end such that the heating power which is introduced into the line per length unit increases from the connector end towards the discharge end.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Tim Lübbert, Michael Rempe, Frank Schneider
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Patent number: 11938004Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Darren Lee Goad, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Uwe Schneider, Thomas F. Gross
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Publication number: 20240093510Abstract: A deck tile assembly is disclosed. The deck tile assembly comprises a frame having at least four sides. The deck tile assembly further comprises a plurality of bars for providing a support structure to the frame. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two parallel sleepers permanently attached between two opposite sides of the frame and mounted on the plurality of bars. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device is mounted on one of the at least two parallel sleepers. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two supporting members for attaching the frame with the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Simon Rafael Marin, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Publication number: 20240093658Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine which includes a crown having spiral features designed to increase swirl of combustion gases in a cylinder of the engine is provided. The spiral features can be located in a combustion surface or in a combustion bowl of the crown. The increased swirl of the combustion gases is expected to improve mixing of the air and fuel injected into the cylinder, and thus cause the fuel to burn more completely, achieve better efficiency out of the injected fuel, and reduce unburned hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Norbert Schneider, Michael Weinenger, Thomas Harris
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Patent number: 11931233Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The article also includes a side panel having an ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate. The laminate has an elastomeric layer and a substrate and is joined to the chassis at a chassis attachment bond and positioned in one of the first or second waist regions. The ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate also includes an ear structural feature comprising a surface modification to the substrate and comprising at least one of the following: embossing, apertures, perforations, slits, melted material or coatings, compressed material, secondary bonds that are disposed apart from a chassis attachment bond, plastic deformation, and folds.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sally Lin Kilbacak, Donald Carroll Roe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak, Stephen Joseph Lange, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Christopher Krasen, Todd Douglas Lenser
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Publication number: 20240083770Abstract: A method for operating an on-board water supply and distribution system of an aircraft for supplying water includes a central tank, consumer assemblies with a supply device and a buffer tank, pump operable in a supply mode and reverse mode, filter device, and high-pressure conduit system. The central tank connects to the pump's upstream side. The conduit system connects the downstream side and consumer assemblies. The pump in supply mode delivers water from the downstream side to the buffer tank. In reverse mode, the pump can convey water from the downstream side to the upstream side. The method includes operating the pump in supply mode so water from the central tank goes to a consumer assembly in a first time interval to fill the buffer tank, and operating the pump in reverse mode in a second time interval so water from the buffer tank passes through the filter device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Frank Schneider, Hannes Müller, Axel Schreiner, Tim Lübbert, Frederik Albers, Michael Rempe
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Publication number: 20240084959Abstract: A bipod support for a drain cleaning machine is described. The bipod support includes a base, a plurality of legs, a retaining member, and a latch. The retaining member and latch are configured to engage and secure the drain cleaning machine to the bipod support. The bipod support enables rocking movement of the drain cleaning machine while supporting the weight of the machine. Also described are related methods of use of the bipod support.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Emily Jo SPINELLI, Kaylin JACOBSEN, Sarah MICHAUD, Jeffrey SZUCS, Alex M. COLE, Michael J. RUTKOWSKI, Nicholas Christopher MAVROS, Jacob SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20240081721Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a subject's autoregulation function state is provided. The method includes: continuously sensing a tissue region of a subject with a tissue oximeter to produce first signals representative of at least one tissue oxygenation parameter during a period of time; continuously measuring a blood pressure level of the subject during the period of time to produce second signals representative of the subject's blood pressure during the period of time; determining a presence of a confounding factor that affects the sensed tissue oxygenation parameter in a manner independent of an autoregulation function of the subject, the determination using the first signals; using the first and second signals to determine an autoregulation function state of the subject when the absence of the confounding factor is determined. The method may include determining an at least one of an LLA or a ULA of a subject's autoregulation function state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Paul B. Benni, Zhongping Jian, Antonio Albanese, Andres S. Aguirre, Brennan Michael Schneider, Anusha Alathur Rangarajan
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Patent number: 11926237Abstract: Systems and methods for fueling (or charging) communication, for example between a hydrogen fueling station and a hydrogen powered vehicle (or an electric vehicle and charging station) may utilize near field communication as well as vehicle to infrastructure communication. Safety information, fueling or charging information, payment information, and other information may be transmitted, and the redundant nature of the communication permits fault recovery and improved process monitoring. In this manner, fueling and/or recharging is made safer, faster, and more efficient.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: NIKOLA CORPORATION, NEL HYDROGEN A/SInventors: Jesper Nissen Boisen, Livio Richard Gambone, Grigorij J. Grabovskij, Jesse Michael Schneider, Jacob Appelt Vibe Svendsen, Bjarne Vig
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Publication number: 20240075026Abstract: The present invention features solid pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound 1 and Compound 2. In one embodiment, the solid pharmaceutical composition includes (1) a first layer which comprises 100 mg Compound 1, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion; and (2) a second layer which comprises 40 mg Compound 2, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Nancy E. Sever, Ulrich Westedt, Ute Lander, Katrin Schneider, Benedikt Steitz, Thomas Mueller, Regina Reul, Constanze Obermiller, Adivaraha Jayasankar, Michael Simon, Yi Gao, Harald Hach, Samuel Kyeremateng, Katharina Asmus, Ping Tong, Donghua Zhu, Marius Naris, Colleen Garrett