Patents by Inventor Michael Adams
Michael Adams 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: 20230338998Abstract: An assembly and method for sequestrating carbon into a soil by grinding a crop waste into a ground material and converting the ground material into a plurality of pellets. The pellets are passed into the soil with a tine assembly or a trenching assembly. The tine assembly has a hollow, elongated body movable between a retracted position wherein a second end is spaced above the soil and an extended position wherein the second end is positioned a distance below the surface of the soil. A gate is pivotally connected to the second end of the elongated body to be movable between a closed position, wherein the gate retains the pellets in the elongated body, and an open position, wherein the gate is positioned away from the second end of the elongated body to permit passage of the pellets from the bore and into the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventor: Steven Michael Adams
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Patent number: 11799162Abstract: An aerospace battery may include a housing, a retaining seat disposed in the housing, and a battery pack core supported by the retaining seat in the housing. The battery pack core may include at least one cell district comprising a plurality of pouch cell batteries and at least one flexible cold plate disposed between at least two adjacent pouch cell batteries of the plurality of pouch cell batteries. The retaining seat may define a fluid delivery channel configured to couple to an inlet of a cooling channel of the flexible cold plate and a fluid return channel configured to couple to an outlet of the cooling channel of the flexible cold plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Michael Adam Zagrodnik, Teh Yee Siang, Mathivanan Anand Prabhu, Krishnamoorthi Sivalingam, Stephen Mountain
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Publication number: 20230312219Abstract: Shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials. In one embodiment, the shipping system may include an insulated container. The insulated container may include a frame surrounding a payload space, the frame including a door providing access to the payload space. The shipping system may additionally include a door brace assembly. The door brace assembly may be mounted within the payload space just inside the door and may include a door plug configured to substantially close the payload space. The door brace assembly may additionally include a door brace mounted within the door plug. The door brace may be transformable between a retracted state and an expanded state. When in its retracted state, the door brace assembly may be loaded into or removed from the insulated container. When in its expanded state, the door brace assembly engages the four corners of the frame just inside the door to keep the frame square.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: William D. Robertson, Connor Richard Bourgeois, Mark P. Fyrer, Gregory Cook, Michael Donahue, Matthew Dunham, Benjamin Quay, Chad Michael Adams, Tony Farnsworth Adams
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Patent number: 11771228Abstract: A chair hanger system includes a front plate, a back plate opposing the front plate, a plate separator defining a gap between the front plate and the back plate, and a first and second hook attached to the back plate. The first hook defines a first opening geometry and the second hook defines a second opening geometry. A set of spacer blocks includes a first spacer block configured to insert within the first opening to reduce and change the first opening geometry, and a second spacer block configured to insert within the second opening to reduce and change the second opening geometry. A chair hanger device is also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SAMUELSON GROUP INCInventors: Michael Adam Chalfin, Michael Angelo Rinaldi, Lawrence Mark Chalfin
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Patent number: 11758901Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for securing brush to a fixed wooden object to create a hunting blind, the apparatus having a screw having a head and a tip at opposing ends of the screw, the head having a head diameter; and a flange secured to the screw proximate the head, the flange being substantially circular and having a top surface, a base, a flange diameter at least twice the head diameter, a plurality of protrusions situated about an outer edge of the flange, a plurality of recesses, each of the plurality of recesses being disposed about the outer edge of the flange between two of the protrusions and each of the plurality of recesses being configured to receive a user's palm, thumb, and/or fingers to rotate the apparatus, and one or more holes or indentations positioned on or adjacent to at least one of the protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventor: Michael Adams
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Publication number: 20230285023Abstract: A fistula formation device includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member. The first engagement member is configured to be positioned within a first vessel. The first engagement member includes a plate defining a first opening therethrough. The second engagement member is configured to be positioned within a second vessel. The second engagement member includes a base plate having a second opening extending therethrough, and one or more retention members extending from the base plate around the second opening, wherein the one or more retention members are configured to extend through the plate of the first engagement member to secure the first engagement member to the second engagement member and form an open conduit through the first engagement member and the second engagement member between the first vessel and the second vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Michael Adam Randall
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Patent number: 11744205Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95R075 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95R075 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95R075 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95R075, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95R075 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95R075 and methods of using maize variety X95R075 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Thomas Craig Kevern
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Patent number: 11730583Abstract: A method of preparing a filter for delivery into a body vessel. The filter includes a hub disposed along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of anchor members extending from the hub. Each anchor member includes either a cranial extension or a caudal extension at a distal end thereof. At least one anchor member distal end may be spaced from the hub at each of a first, second, and third distance along the longitudinal axis. The filter also includes a plurality of locator members extending from the hub, the locator members alternatingly interposed between the anchor members.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: C.R. Band. Inc.Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Michael Adam Randall
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Patent number: 11730115Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4DG8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4DG8 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4DG8 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4DG8 or a locus conversion of PH4DG8 with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Michael Adam Chandler
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Patent number: 11730122Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00R826 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00R826 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00R826 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00R826, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00R826 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00R826 and methods of using maize variety X00R826 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Brian Douglas De Vries, Christopher Cole Rasmussen, Eric Scott Riedeman, Emily Combs Ziemke
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Patent number: 11730124Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00R819 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00R819 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00R819 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00R819, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00R819 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00R819 and methods of using maize variety X00R819 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Martin A Fabrizius, Thomas Craig Kevern, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Jianbin Yu
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Patent number: 11709586Abstract: A system and method for summarizing suggested content and sharing the summarized suggested content is described. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes performing an analysis of text of a document, searching a document library for content elements and documents based on the analysis of the text, identifying candidate documents and candidate content based on the searching, presenting a list of candidate documents or candidate content with the document authoring application, receiving a selection of a candidate document or candidate content from the list in the document authoring application, and providing the selected candidate document to a collaborative content sharing platform, the collaborative content sharing platform configured to generate a graphical user interface that displays a list of shared documents, the shared documents includes candidate documents selected by one or more users of a group of users that share access to the collaborative content sharing platform.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Aleksandr Polyakov, Michael Adam Scarpati
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Patent number: 11697005Abstract: Inflatable medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The inflatable medical devices can be medical balloons. The balloons can be configured to have a through-lumen or no through-lumen and a wide variety of geometries. The device can have a high-strength, non-compliant, fiber-reinforced, multi-layered wall. The inflatable medical device can be used for angioplasty, kyphoplasty, percutaneous aortic valve replacement, or other procedures described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Alexander Quillin Tilson, Mark Christopher Scheeff, Roland J. Downs, Christopher Michael Adams, Jon Michael Holweger
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Patent number: 11696546Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48PP and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48PP with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48PP through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48PP or a locus conversion of PH48PP with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventor: Michael Adam Chandler
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Patent number: 11693436Abstract: Valve systems and related methods include valve actuators and control systems configured to monitor at least one characteristic of the valve system during movement of a valve element to a position in the valve system and to determine a drift of the position based on the monitored at least one characteristic of the valve system.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FLOWSERVE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Mark D. Ollander, Daniel E. Carlson, Michael Adam Rumore
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Patent number: 11678627Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00P587 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00P587 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00P587 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00P587, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00P587 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00P587 and methods of using maize variety X00P587 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Edwin Michael Grote
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Publication number: 20230175964Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automated sample analyzer having a continuous scanning optical assembly for performing an assay. The optical assembly allows for robust detection of light emitted from a reaction mixture in a dynamically changing environment, such as detection of light from a reaction mixture that is being rotated about an axis at high rotational velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Roger Taylor, Michael Shane Bowen, George Brabon, Michael Adams, Jeff Hawkins
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Patent number: 11666017Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03P579 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03P579 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03P579 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03P579, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03P579 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03P579 and methods of using maize variety X03P579 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Michael Adam Chandler
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Publication number: 20230151537Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. A drum disposed within the cabinet and has an inner circumferential wall. At least one lifter is operably coupled to the inner circumferential wall of the drum. A motor is operably coupled to the drum and is disposed within the cabinet. A controller is disposed within the cabinet and is communicatively coupled to the motor. A negatively-charged member selectively disposed within the drum. A negative charge is configured to attract oppositely-charged foreign substrates to the negatively-charged member. The negatively-charged member is selectively coupled to the at least one lifter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Grace K. Brown, Mark Jason Christensen, Heather Ann Hellmuth, Michael Adam Ledford, Meagan Kathleen VanderVelde, Sander Brouwer
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Publication number: 20230143568Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to the conversion of text to tables. In one example of the technology, input text that includes at least three rows is received. A plurality of characteristics of the input text is determined. Each characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is associated with a uniformity between the rows of the input text. The plurality of characteristics includes at least one characteristic that is associated with a delimiter count. A determination is made as to whether the input text is suitable for conversion to table based on the plurality of characteristics. Upon determining that the input text is suitable for conversion to a table, a machine learning model is used to convert the input text into a table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Abhijith ASOK, Courtney Sarah COCHRANE, Jenna HONG, Yang HE, Lucas Anton ROSENBLATT, Aleksandr POLYAKOV, Natalie Ann MIONIS, Amit Dinesh GUPTE, Anish Yatin PIMPLEY, Sean Gormley T. KELLEY, Yiquan XU, Ransom Lloyd RICHARDSON, Michael Adam SCARPATI, Benjamin Gustav WILDE, Jichen YANG