Patents by Inventor Michael Boyd

Michael Boyd 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).

  • Publication number: 20240133149
    Abstract: A trailer towable compact telehandler having an operator cab with an internal width greater than 700 mm and a curbside weight less than 2950 kg. Also included is a telehandler having a side-mounted engine which extends through a side wall of the chassis and under a lifting arm of the telehandler. Also included is a compact tool carrier having a reduced fore-aft dimension between an attachment plane and a principal pivot member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventors: Richard Brindle, Paul Walsham, Jack Nash, Colin Goddard, Robin Scotchford, David Craig Panni, Michael Boyd Richardson, Paula Langley, Thomas Pritchard, Christopher David Price, Jonathan Kenred Bailey, Sam de Berry
  • Patent number: 11965664
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring building efficiency by a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In an aspect, an HVAC unit including a memory and a processor coupled with the memory is disclosed. The processor may be configured to establish a current building efficiency state value of a current run cycle of the HVAC system. The processor may also be configured to determine an building efficiency state deviation value based on a difference between an average building efficiency state value of a set of previous building efficiency state values and the current building efficiency state value. The processor may further be configured to determine whether the building efficiency state deviation value satisfies a building inefficiency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga Jayarathne, Theresa Thy N. Gillette, Andrew Michael Boyd, Thomas D. Chase
  • Patent number: 11944540
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for mitral valve repair. The devices and methods implant a plurality of distal anchors at an annulus of the mitral valve (e.g., the posterior annulus) and tension artificial chordae to pull the portion of the annulus toward an opposite edge and inward into the ventricle. This can effectively reduce the size of the orifice and increase coaptation. The delivery devices can be configured to be actuated to form a distal anchor made of a pre-formed knot. The delivery devices deliver the pre-formed knot in an elongate configuration. Actuation of the delivery device causes the pre-formed knot to transition from the elongate configuration to the deployed configuration by approximating opposite ends of a suture coupled to a coiled configuration to form one or more loops. After formation of the knot, the delivery device can be withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Harpoon Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Nicholas D'ambra, Felino V. Cortez, Jr., James S. Gammie, Peter Wilson, Stephen Epstein, Stephen Cournane, Julie Marie Etheridge, Peter Boyd
  • Patent number: 11948126
    Abstract: A laser detection system including at least one laser device projecting a light curtain, and a controller is provided. The controller includes a processor and non-transitory, processor-readable memory including executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to receive a signal from the at least one laser device, the signal including an interference point of an object with the light curtain, and distance data indicating a distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, determine a location at which the object enters the light curtain based on the distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, and identify an item of a plurality of items located in an area behind the light curtain and corresponding to the location at which the object enters the light curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: B.E.A. INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Boyd, Christopher Rigatti, Michael Brazier
  • Patent number: 11912693
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of S1P1 receptor and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TREVENA, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Michael Pitis, Robert Eugene Boyd, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Aimee Crombie Speerschneider
  • Publication number: 20240035705
    Abstract: In an aspect, an HVAC system includes an inducer motor to provide combustion airflow, and a pressure sensor to measure an output airflow pressure of the inducer motor. The HVAC system may initiate the inducer motor, and receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal from the inducer motor, wherein the PWM signal indicates a PWM signal of the inducer motor corresponding to a predetermined airflow pressure of the inducer motor and measured by the pressure sensor. The HVAC system may compare the PWM signal to a baseline value, and control the inducer motor based on the comparing of the PWM signal to the baseline value. The HVAC system may also generate a status notification of the combustion airflow of the HVAC system in response to the comparing the PWM signal to the baseline value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga JAYARATHNE, Andrew Michael BOYD, Theresa N. GILLETTE, Thomas D. CHASE
  • Publication number: 20240035707
    Abstract: A furnace system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a furnace controller configured to determine a rolling average furnace run time of the furnace system based on a plurality of previous run cycles of the furnace system. The furnace controller is configured to segment the rolling average furnace run time into a plurality of operational time periods, wherein each operational time period is associated with a distinct fire rate of a plurality of distinct fire rates the furnace system. The furnace controller is also configured to operate the furnace system to sequentially implement the plurality of distinct fire rates associated with the plurality of operational time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Boyd, Rakesh Mathew, Damion Marcel Taylor Cave
  • Publication number: 20240003578
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a conditioning system configured to condition a return air flow directed through the HVAC system and a control system configured to determine a difference value between an operating parameter value of the return air flow and a sensed operating parameter value of a space serviced by the HVAC system, retrieve a stored target operating parameter value of the space, and operate the HVAC system based on the difference value, the stored target operating parameter value, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa Thy Nguyen Gillette, Mason Sloan Dewald
  • Publication number: 20240003567
    Abstract: A system faults to a return air sensor integrated within a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. The system transmits a signal to a remote sensor. The system determines that a return signal is not received from the remote sensor. The system obtains a temperature reading from the return air sensor. The system determines whether the temperature reading satisfies a temperature setting stored in the memory. In response to determining that the temperature reading does not satisfy the temperature setting, the system enables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit until the temperature setting is satisfied. In response to determining that the temperature reading satisfies the temperature setting, the system disables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga JAYARATHNE, Thomas D. Chase, Theresa N. Gillette, Andrew Michael Boyd
  • Publication number: 20230408130
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a heat exchanger configured to receive a working fluid and place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with an air flow directed across the heat exchanger, a switch configured to detect an operating parameter of the HVAC system, where the switch is configured to interrupt operation of the HVAC system in response to detection of a first value of the operating parameter greater than an operating parameter limit value, and a sensor configured to detect the operating parameter of the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Boyd, Jeremy Ryan Smith, Steven A. Tice, Mason Sloan DeWald
  • Publication number: 20230400208
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes auxiliary control circuitry configured to communicatively couple to a thermostat of the HVAC system. The auxiliary control circuitry is configured to receive a control signal from the thermostat and block subsequent transmission of the control signal in response to receipt of data indicative of a detected refrigerant external to a refrigerant circuit of the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mason Sloan DeWald, Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa Thy Nguyen Gillette, D Gamage Methmini Umayangana Maheshwari Sumanasekara
  • Publication number: 20230392812
    Abstract: A control system of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a data communication controller configured to receive, via a first wireless communication protocol, data from a sensor indicative of an operational parameter of the HVAC system. The data communication controller is also configured to receive, via an electronic device communicatively coupled to the data communication controller, a control instruction, and to transmit, via a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol, a control signal to adjust operation of an HVAC component configured to enable supply of conditioned air to a structure serviced by the HVAC system based on the data and the control instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Theresa Thy N. Gillette, Andrew Michael Boyd, D Gamage Methmini Umayangana Maheshwari Sumanasekara, Richard Jason Wilson, Shawn Curtis Matteson, Mason Sloan DeWald, Anand Sureshrao Kalode, Padmanabh Pandurang Gawai, Pankaj Wasudeo Kharche, Nikhil Gopal Ingale, Ramesh Varma Venkata Naga Shiva Satya Bhupathiraju
  • Publication number: 20230324070
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes secondary control circuitry configured to communicatively couple to primary control circuitry of the HVAC system that is configured to operate the HVAC system in a variable operating mode. The secondary control circuitry is configured to cause operation of the HVAC system in a calibration mode to determine a calibrated target temperature and transmit the calibrated target temperature to the primary control circuitry to enable operation of the HVAC system in the variable operating mode via the primary control circuitry based on the calibrated target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa Thy Nguyen Gillette, D Gamage Methmini Umayangana Maheshwari Sumanasekara, Mason Sloan Dewald
  • Patent number: 11781785
    Abstract: In an aspect, an HVAC system includes an inducer motor to provide combustion airflow, and a pressure sensor to measure an output airflow pressure of the inducer motor. The HVAC system may initiate the inducer motor, and receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal from the inducer motor, wherein the PWM signal indicates a PWM signal of the inducer motor corresponding to a predetermined airflow pressure of the inducer motor and measured by the pressure sensor. The HVAC system may compare the PWM signal to a baseline value, and control the inducer motor based on the comparing of the PWM signal to the baseline value. The HVAC system may also generate a status notification of the combustion airflow of the HVAC system in response to the comparing the PWM signal to the baseline value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga Jayarathne, Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa N. Gillette, Thomas D. Chase
  • Publication number: 20230312587
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: David LAUFFER, Guy Bemis, Michael Boyd, David Deininger, Hongbo Deng, Warren Dorsch, Wenxin Gu, Russell R. Hoover, Mac Arthur Johnson, JR., Mark Willem Ledeboer, Brian Ledford, Francois Maltais, Marina Penney, Darin Takemoto, Nathan D. Waal, Tiansheng Wang, Pan Li
  • Publication number: 20230313989
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a control system configured to initiate an operating cycle of a furnace of the HVAC system at an initial operating stage in response to a call for heating, monitor a duration of time associated with the operating cycle of the furnace to satisfy the call for heating, adjust the initial operating stage to provide an adjusted initial operating stage of the furnace based on the duration of time, and initiate a subsequent operating cycle of the furnace at the adjusted initial operating stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Rakesh Mathew, Andrew Michael Boyd
  • Patent number: 11766501
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first compartment including a light sealed air plenum and a first lighting source arranged in the plenum to irradiate passing air through the plenum to destroy pathogens. A second compartment is configured to be external to the first compartment. A second lighting source is arranged in the second compartment to illuminate an area adjacent to the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: APOGEE LIGHTING HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Zarcone, Michael Boyd, Fred Katz, Richard Nicolai
  • Patent number: 11761656
    Abstract: A system faults to a return air sensor integrated within a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. The system transmits a signal to a remote sensor. The system determines that a return signal is not received from the remote sensor. The system obtains a temperature reading from the return air sensor. The system determines whether the temperature reading satisfies a temperature setting stored in the memory. In response to determining that the temperature reading does not satisfy the temperature setting, the system enables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit until the temperature setting is satisfied. In response to determining that the temperature reading satisfies the temperature setting, the system disables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Madhuka Manuranga Jayarathne, Thomas D. Chase, Theresa N. Gillette, Andrew Michael Boyd
  • Patent number: 11761661
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a conditioning system configured to condition a return air flow directed through the HVAC system and a control system configured to determine a difference value between an operating parameter value of the return air flow and a sensed operating parameter value of a space serviced by the HVAC system, retrieve a stored target operating parameter value of the space, and operate the HVAC system based on the difference value, the stored target operating parameter value, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Boyd, Theresa Thy Nguyen Gillette, Mason Sloan Dewald
  • Patent number: D1016862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Rekow, Paul Magee, Michael Gallagher, Douglas Bornhorst, William Boyd