Patents by Inventor Michael Barber
Michael Barber 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: 20240160988Abstract: A decoder apparatus for decoding syndromes of a quantum error correction code, the syndromes comprising measurement data from a quantum computer, the quantum computer comprising an array of qubits including syndrome qubits and data qubits. The decoder apparatus is configured to: receive syndrome index data representative of: a physical location of each of the array of qubits within the quantum computer; and lattice dimensions of the array of qubits; receive the syndromes of the quantum error correction code from the quantum computer; determine physical co-ordinate positions for each of the array of qubits based on the syndrome index data; decode the syndromes of the quantum error correction code using the determined physical co-ordinate positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: River Lane Research Ltd.Inventors: Ben Andrew Barber, Kenton Michael Barnes, Kauser Yakub Johar, Luka Skoric
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Vehicular directional alerting system and method using haptic alerts and optional multi-modal alerts
Patent number: 11978334Abstract: A system may include a vehicle. The vehicle may include an array of haptic devices. The system may further include at least one processor configured to: determine a location of an object or occurrence relative to the user; based at least on the location of the object or occurrence relative to the user, select at least one haptic device of the array of haptic devices to be driven and function as a directional haptic alert to the user, wherein the directional haptic alert is indicative of a direction from the user toward the object or occurrence; and output at least one command to cause a driving of the selected at least one haptic device, wherein the driving of the selected at least one haptic device is perceivable by the user as the directional haptic alert.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Arjun Harsha Rao, Timothy J. Wittkop, Christopher L George, Michael P. Matessa, Peggy Wu, Wade T. Johnson, Sarah Barber, Felix B. Turcios, Bryan C. Schultz -
Patent number: 11965585Abstract: A powertrain system for a commercial electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a multi-speed transmission, and a drive line. A reducer assembly is added prior to connection to the drive line to decease the rotational speed generated by the electric motor prior to being transmitted to the drive line. The reducer assembly can be placed before the multi-speed transmission input, after the multi-speed transmission output, or somewhere in between those two locations. The reducer assembly includes a reducer gearset for decreasing shaft rotational speed. The reducer assembly may include adjacent idler gears to reduce the pressure load on the gear teeth of the reducer assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Integrated Electric Drives, Inc.Inventors: Michael Long, Jeffrey Barber
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Publication number: 20240068552Abstract: A powertrain system for a commercial electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a multi-speed transmission, and a drive line. A reducer assembly is added prior to connection to the drive line to decease the rotational speed generated by the electric motor prior to being transmitted to the drive line. The reducer assembly can be placed before the multi-speed transmission input, after the multi-speed transmission output, or somewhere in between those two locations. The reducer assembly includes a reducer gearset for decreasing shaft rotational speed. The reducer assembly may include adjacent idler gears to reduce the pressure load on the gear teeth of the reducer assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Integrated Electric Drives, Inc.Inventors: Michael Long, Jeffrey Barber
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Patent number: 11856703Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barber, Michael J. Thompson, Beth Larae Corwin, Julian M. Alzate, Robert I. Jayne
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Publication number: 20230151025Abstract: Substituted thiazolopyridines, salts thereof and their use as herbicidal active substances. The present invention relates to substituted thiazolopyridines of the general formula (I) or salts thereof, where the radicals in the general formula (I) correspond to the definitions given in the description, and to their use as herbicides, in particular for controlling weed grasses and/or broad-leaved weeds in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: David Michael BARBER, Hendrik HELMKE, Ralf BRAUN, Joerg TIEBES, Anu Bheemaiah MACHETTIRA, Elisabeth BOLLEASMUS, Christopher Hugh ROSINGER, Elmar GATZWEILER, Dirk SCHMUTZLER, Jens FRACKENPOHL, Anna Maria REINGRUBER, Birgit BOLLENBACH-WAHL, Jan DITTGEN
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Patent number: 11481138Abstract: Snapshots are created on replicated storage systems R1 and R2 in a manner resulting in identical snapshots being generated on R1 and R2. In response to an instruction to create a snapshot on a storage system (R1 and/or R2), command-phase write operations (CWOs) are held and data-phase write operations (DWOs) are completed on the storage system before the snapshot is created. Determining that DWOs includes querying processes, and using information, available on the storage system, by which a state of a write operation—e.g., whether the write operation is a DWO and when the DWO completes—may be determined. A CWO queue may be maintained on the storage system for tracking the status of CWOs. A DWO queue may be maintained on the storage system for tracking DWOs, to determine DWOs when the snapshot is created, and track their processing, including when they are completed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Michael Barber, Yaron Dar, Michael E. Specht, Arieh Don
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Publication number: 20220169618Abstract: Described are substituted 2-heteroarylaminobenzenes of the general formula (I) and their use as herbicides, in particular for controlling broad-leaved weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants. The present invention further relates to herbicidal and/or plant growth-regulating compositions comprising one or more compounds of the general formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf BRAUN, Michael Charles MCLEOD, Alexandra MANOS-TURVEY, David Michael BARBER, Harald JAKOBI, Dirk SCHMUTZLER, Anu Bheemaiah MACHETTIRA, Elisabeth ASMUS
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Publication number: 20220100380Abstract: Snapshots are created on replicated storage systems R1 and R2 in a manner resulting in identical snapshots being generated on R1 and R2. In response to an instruction to create a snapshot on a storage system (R1 and/or R2), command-phase write operations (CWOs) are held and data-phase write operations (DWOs) are completed on the storage system before the snapshot is created. Determining that DWOs includes querying processes, and using information, available on the storage system, by which a state of a write operation—e.g., whether the write operation is a DWO and when the DWO completes—may be determined. A CWO queue may be maintained on the storage system for tracking the status of CWOs. A DWO queue may be maintained on the storage system for tracking DWOs, to determine DWOs when the snapshot is created, and track their processing, including when they are completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Michael Barber, Yaron Dar, Michael E. Specht, Arieh Don
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Publication number: 20220071211Abstract: Substituted pyridinyloxybenzenes and salts thereof and use thereof as herbicidal agents Described are substituted pyridinyloxybenzenes of the general formula (I) and the use thereof as herbicides, in particular for controlling broad-leaved weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants. The present invention further relates to herbicidal and/or plant growth-regulating compositions comprising one or more compounds of the general formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Michael Charles McLEOD, Ralf BRAUN, David Michael BARBER, Harald JAKOBI, Jullien REY, Dirk SCHMUTZLER, Anu Bheemaiah MACHETTIRA, Elisabeth ASMUS, Christopher Hugh ROSINGER, Elmar GATZWEILER, Alexandra MANOS-TURVEY
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Patent number: 11228626Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, at a server, a request from a client for live data. The method may include establishing, at the server, a data transfer promise that is embedded in a live data stream. The live data stream may include the requested live data. The method may further include transferring the live data stream with the embedded data transfer promise to the client, receiving an indication that the status of the embedded data transfer promise was changed during transmission of the live data stream and providing, to the client, an indication of the current status of the live stream based on the received status indication. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Michael Barber
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Patent number: 11219147Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barber, Julian M. Alzate, Robert I. Jayne
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Publication number: 20210265823Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barber, Michael J. Thompson, Beth LaRae Corwin, Julian M. Alzate, Robert I. Jayne
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Publication number: 20210267103Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barber, Julian M. Alzate, Robert I. Jayne
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Publication number: 20210081383Abstract: Methods and apparatus for lifecycle support for storage objects are disclosed. A storage medium stores program instructions that when executed on a processor implement a storage lifecycle manager of a multi-tenant storage service. The lifecycle manager determines a lifecycle policy to be implemented for a storage object. The policy indicates lifecycle transitions of the object, including a transition from a first service level to a second service level. The lifecycle manager initiates modification operations corresponding to the storage object's data in accordance with the lifecycle policy, and verifies that the modification operations succeeded. The lifecycle manager provides, in response to a query, an indication of a current service level of the storage object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Barber, Praveen Kumar Gattu, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, II, Christopher Henning Elving, Carl Yates Perry
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Publication number: 20210022327Abstract: A collapsible and extendable rod comprising a plurality of rod sections. Each section coupled together at any an intersection of two said rod sections with an intersection assembly. Any two adjacent rod sections may be configured such that at least one of the two rod section of the two adjacent rod sections may nest internal to the other adjacent rod sections thereby forming a collapsed configuration. The collapsed configuration may include any number of rod sections provided there is at least a first largest rod section and at least a last smallest rod section. The last smallest rod section may be the most internal rod of the nested configuration and the first largest rod section may be the most external of the nested configuration. The collapsed configuration may be fully reversible to an extended configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Michael Barber
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Patent number: 10853337Abstract: Methods and apparatus for lifecycle support for storage objects are disclosed. A storage medium stores program instructions that when executed on a processor implement a storage lifecycle manager of a multi-tenant storage service. The lifecycle manager determines a lifecycle policy to be implemented for a storage object. The policy indicates lifecycle transitions of the object, including a transition from a first service level to a second service level. The first service level and the second service level may each specify a maximum number of versions of the storage object. The lifecycle manager initiates modification operations corresponding to the storage object's data in accordance with the lifecycle policy, and verifies that the modification operations succeeded. The lifecycle manager provides, in response to a query, an indication of a current service level of the storage object.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Barber, Praveen Kumar Gattu, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, II, Christopher Henning Elving, Carl Yates Perry
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Patent number: 10642654Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a pipelined architecture for storage lifecycles are disclosed. A method includes identifying, during a transition candidate discovery iteration, storage objects of a multi-tenant service for which respective lifecycle transitions are to be scheduled, including a particular storage object identified as being a candidate for a particular lifecycle transition. The method includes generating transition job objects, each job comprising respective indications of one or more of the storage objects identified during the discovery iteration. The method includes assigning, during a transition execution iteration, resources to initiate storage operations for the particular lifecycle transition, and initiating, using the assigned resources, storage operations for the particular lifecycle transition.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Barber, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, II, Carl Yates Perry, Christopher Henning Elving, Praveen Kumar Gattu
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Patent number: 10244885Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for a funnel and a removable cartridge holder that are used with a reusable beverage filter or beverage brewing pod.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Inventor: Michael Barber
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Publication number: 20170337154Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a pipelined architecture for storage lifecycles are disclosed. A method includes identifying, during a transition candidate discovery iteration, storage objects of a multi-tenant service for which respective lifecycle transitions are to be scheduled, including a particular storage object identified as being a candidate for a particular lifecycle transition. The method includes generating transition job objects, each job comprising respective indications of one or more of the storage objects identified during the discovery iteration. The method includes assigning, during a transition execution iteration, resources to initiate storage operations for the particular lifecycle transition, and initiating, using the assigned resources, storage operations for the particular lifecycle transition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Barber, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, II, Carl Yates Perry, Christopher Henning Elving, Praveen Kumar Gattu