Patents by Inventor Michael Gerard

Michael Gerard 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: 20240181882
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed; a method for producing the component is also disclosed. The component comprises a base and a cover comprising an exterior surface providing the visible surface and an interior surface; the visible surface at the cover may comprise a display operated by light source/panel configured to present an image at an image presentation area. The image presentation area may comprise a formed image presentation area; the formed image presentation area may comprise at least one formed hole formation segment comprising at least one formed hole formation based on a hole pattern segment for a pattern image area. The image presentation area of the cover may comprise each formed hole formation comprising formed hole formation segments; each formed hole formation may comprise an opening through the cover generally corresponding to a hole of the hole pattern segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Stieglitz, Michael Gerard Zimmer, Xia Qun, Ni Jiawen, Wei Jing, Yichen Zhou
  • Patent number: 11996634
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11989689
    Abstract: A computer-based technology is provided to optimize a warehouse space, such as warehouse racks. The technology determines a storage duration of a pallet in a warehouse, and further determines an optimal storage location for the pallet in the warehouse. For example, the technology can determine how long an inbound pallet will stay in a warehouse, and locate an optimal area of the warehouse to store the pallet. Such an optimal pallet storage area is selected to reduce labor costs in transporting the pallet in, within, and out of the warehouse and further optimize the management of multiple pallets in the warehouse as a whole. In addition, the technology can consider the size of the pallet in determining the optimal storage location in the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Wintz, Michael Lingzhi Li, Elliott Gerard Wolf, Chloe Mawer, Caitlin Voegele, Zhou Daisy Fang, Maya Ileana Choudhury, Julia Long, Sudarsan Thattai, Jeffrey Alvarez Rivera
  • Patent number: 11981687
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for preparing indolinobenzodiazepine dimer compounds and their synthetic precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IMMUNOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Baudouin Gérard, Richard A. Silva, Michael Louis Miller, Manami Shizuka
  • Publication number: 20240149329
    Abstract: A method for forming and installing a retaining ring comprises: feeding a wire in a linear path into a forming die having a circular bore; forming, using the forming die, the wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; transferring the formed ring from the forming die to a transfer puck; and installing the formed ring, as a retaining ring, in a tube of a product assembly. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state between forming in the forming die and installation in the product assembly. A system for forming and installing a retaining ring into a product assembly includes a forming die configured to form a wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; and a transfer puck to transfer the formed ring from the forming die. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state from forming through installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Gerard PIRRELLO, Steven Edward PYLE, Michael James CHISOM, Tania TANNAHILL, John Lee FORSYTH, Thomas L. FUGATE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240150593
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing composition for treating a metal substrate comprising: a polyolefin component; and a colloidal layered silicate. Also disclosed is a system for treating a metal substrate comprising: a cleaner composition; and/or a pretreatment composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate, the pretreatment composition comprising a Group IVB metal; and a sealing composition for treating at least a portion of the substrate treated with the cleaner composition and/or the pretreated composition, the sealing composition comprising a polyolefin component. Also disclosed is a method of treating a substrate comprising contacting at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with any of the compositions disclosed herein or any of the systems disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey James DeDomenic, Kristi Maree Allen, Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Peter Lawrence Votruba-Drzal, Silvia Bezer, Michael Gerard Olah, Steven Edward Bowles, Mary Lyn Chong Lim, Mark William McMillen
  • Patent number: 11976082
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel continuous process for making alkyl 7-amino-5-methyl-[1,2,5]-oxadiazolo¬[3,4-b]pyridine-carboxylate, wherein R is C1-3-alkyl. The process of the invention present invention overcomes disadvantages of processes of the prior art by avoiding the highly energetic intermediates, using readily available and inexpensive starting materials and reagents, and avoiding the isolation of intermediates. The process according to the invention is suitable for use on industrial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Werner, Tobias Alt, Andrew T. Brusoe, Frederic Gerard Buono, Michael Klumb, Bjoern Stahl, Thomas G. Tampone
  • Publication number: 20240142930
    Abstract: A building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to ingest information comprising at least one of occupancy information or energy usage information associated with a building. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to generate a space usage recommendation based on the information. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a graphical model of the building to include a representation of the information and the space usage recommendation. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a display device of a user device to display the graphical model within a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Pelski, James Callanan, Edward Gerard McNamara, Michael J. Wenzel, Robbie Glen Davis, Shawn D. Schubert, Evan O'Gorman, Himanshu Gupta, Kristian Koivisto-Kokko, Ashteya Biharisingh
  • Publication number: 20240145504
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixels. The semiconductor device may be a backside device having a substrate at the backside, dielectric layers on the substrate, metal layers interleaved with the dielectric layers, and a through silicon via (TSV) formed in the backside through the substrate and the dielectric layers. TSV seal rings may be formed around the TSV to protect the semiconductor device from moisture and/or water ingress. The TSV seal rings may be coupled to a high-voltage cathode bond pad and be coupled to offset portions of one of the metal layers to reduce leakage and/or parasitic effects due to the voltage difference between the cathode and the substrate. The TSV seal rings may also be merged with die seal rings at the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Rick Carlton JEROME, David T. PRICE, Michael Gerard KEYES, Anne DEIGNAN
  • Publication number: 20240124349
    Abstract: Glass and glass ceramic compositions having at least a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phase, and a residual glass phase along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions are compatible with conventional rolling and float processes, are transparent or translucent, and have high mechanical strength and fracture resistance. Additionally, processes of 3D forming glass ceramic preforms having the glass ceramic composition discussed to produce glass ceramic articles are described. Further, the compositions are able to be chemically tempered to even higher strength glass ceramics that are useful as large substrates in multiple applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Michael Morgan Oliver, Pascale Oram, John Robert Saltzer, JR.
  • Patent number: 11955727
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11952020
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling a ride vehicle restraint in a ride system. A system is configured to identify one or more ride vehicles stopped at a passenger loading platform, the one or more ride vehicles including one or more seats, determine which seat or seats of the one or more seats are in-service or out-of-service based at least in part on data corresponding to the identity of the one or more ride vehicles, instruct to lock one or more restraint systems corresponding to at least one seat of the one or more seats determined to be out-of-service, and instruct to unlock one or more other restraint systems corresponding to at least one seat other seats of the one or more seats determined to be in-service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Beatrice, Gregory Paul Habiak, David Gerard Majdali
  • Publication number: 20240104394
    Abstract: Provided are computing systems, methods, and platforms that automatically produce production-ready machine learning models and deployment pipelines from minimal input information such as a raw training dataset. In particular, one example computing system can import a training dataset associated with a user. The computing system can execute an origination machine learning pipeline to perform a model architecture search that selects and trains a machine learning model for the training dataset. Execution of the origination machine learning pipeline can also result in generation of a deployment machine learning pipeline configured to enable deployment of the machine learning model (e.g., running the machine learning model to produce inferences and/or optionally other tasks such as re-training and/or re-tuning the model).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Amy Skerry-Ryan, Quentin Lascombes de Laroussilhe, Ronald Rong Yang, Carla Marie Riggi, Chansoo Lee, Jordan Arthur Grimstad, Christopher Mark Lamb, Joseph Michael Moran, Nihesh Anderson Klutto Milleth, Noah Weston Hadfield-Menell, Volodymyr Shtenovych, Ziqi Huang, Sagi Perel, Michael David Gerard, Mehadi Seid Hassen
  • Patent number: 11934544
    Abstract: Target data may be associated with a location requirement established by a data owner. A data access module may be used to attempt access to the target data. Location requirement and provenance metadata associated with the target data are obtained. The provenance metadata must be validated, and evidence only approved data access locations identified in the location requirement. A current location of a computing device attempting access to the target data must also meet the location requirement. The computing device is allowed to access the target data only in response to the current location and each location identified in the provenance metadata meeting the location requirement. The provenance metadata is updated to include a new record including the current data access location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Pierre Mouallem, William Laurence Jaeger, Scott A. Piper, Michael Gerard Demeter
  • Patent number: 11922833
    Abstract: There is provided an interface system for joining display modules to a framework structure. The interface system comprises a base structure and a holder structure, the holder structure can be attached to the framework, and the base structure can be attached to two or more of the display modules. The holder structure or the base structure are interfaced by a tiltable planar surface and a curved support structure so that the holder structure and base structre are moveable towards each other. A multiple of base structures can be joined via elongated members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Georg Josef Gimbler, Roland Michael Schmuker, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20240067652
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for preparing indolinobenzodiazepine monomer compounds and their synthetic precursors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: IMMUNOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Baudouin Gérard, Richard A. Silva, Michael Louis Miller, Manami Shizuka
  • Publication number: 20240066590
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to partial integrated core-shell investment casting molds that can be assembled into complete molds. Each section of the partial mold may contain both a portion of a core and portion of a shell. Each section can then be assembled into a mold for casting of a metal part. The partial integrated core-shell investment casting molds and the complete molds may be provided with filament structures corresponding to cooling hole patterns on the surface of the turbine blade or the stator vane, which provides a leaching pathway for the core portion after metal casting. The invention also relates to core filaments that can be used to supplement the leaching pathway, for example in a core tip portion of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: James Herbert Deines, Brian David Przeslawski, Michael John McCarren, Gregory Terrence Garay, Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Mark Willard Marusko, Xi Yang, Brian Patrick Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240051489
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a composite structure comprising a fiber panel and a cover. The fiber panel may comprise a conductor. The conductor may provide a functional circuit for the composite structure. The conductor may comprise a pattern of electrically conductive threads. Conductive thread may be within the fiber panel. Conductive thread may be stitched into/onto the fiber panel. The conductor may comprise a stitch pattern comprising conductive thread comprising the functional circuit. The functional circuit may comprise a user interface, an input device, an output device, and/or a circuit element. The composite structure may comprise a resin structure for the fiber panel adjacent to the functional circuit. The component may comprise a trim panel, instrument panel, door panel, overhead panel, console, overhead console, floor console, interior trim component, pillar trim, operator control, steering control/wheel, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Stroebe, Michael Robert Catlin, Jason Denbow, Michael Edward Phillips, Jason Mathew Hipshier, Michael Gerard Zimmer, Scott Allen Hansen, Michael John Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240055537
    Abstract: An imaging device may include single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). To improve the sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio of the SPADs, light scattering structures may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to increase the path length of incident light through the semiconductor substrate. To mitigate crosstalk, multiple rings of isolation structures may be formed around the SPAD. An outer deep trench isolation structure may include a metal filler such as tungsten and may be configured to absorb light. The outer deep trench isolation structure therefore prevents crosstalk between adjacent SPADs. Additionally, one or more inner deep trench isolation structures may be included. The inner deep trench isolation structures may include a low-index filler to reflect light and keep incident light in the active area of the SPAD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Anne DEIGNAN, Nader JEDIDI, Michael Gerard KEYES
  • Patent number: 11900158
    Abstract: Task permissions for software services can be set in a distributed computing environment according to some examples described herein. In one example, a system can determine software services that are included in software products deployable to a user account of a distributed computing environment. The system can determine task permissions to be set in the user account for allowing the software services to execute tasks in the distributed computing environment. The system can generate a list of task permissions by consolidating the task permissions based on predefined rules. The system can then transmit an output indicating the list of task permissions for causing the user account to be configured based on the list of task permissions, to permit the software services to execute the tasks in the distributed computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gerard Ryan, Brian Gallagher