Patents by Inventor Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy 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).

  • Composite unibody keyboard
    Patent number: 10466804
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology includes a composite unibody keyboard that both serves as a bottom case and a top bezel in traditional keyboard design. The unibody keyboard is made of a high-rigidity composite material with varying thicknesses to achieve predetermined design specifications for the keyboard. Areas of the unibody keyboard frame are removed to accommodate various electronic or other components of the keyboard prior to final assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Michael Murphy, David Ian Rosen
  • Network optimization based on characteristic information regarding a network
    Patent number: 10470078
    Abstract: A device may detect a service condition associated with a network. The device may determine a prioritization of cells of the network based on characteristics of one or more subscribers to the cells of the network. The characteristics may include at least one of: a service type characteristic, an application type characteristic, a mobility characteristic, a vector characteristic, an altitude characteristic, a position characteristic, a location type characteristic, a device type characteristic, a device capability characteristic, a connection characteristic, a subscription characteristic, a call type characteristic, a user profile characteristic, a terrain characteristic, or an operator relationship characteristic. The device may perform an alteration to one or more network parameters based on the prioritization of cells of the network to reduce an impact of the service condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Murphy, Howard John Thomas, David Charles Padfield, Mohsen Zadeh-Koochak, Mihai Stanciuc, Nicolas G. Cotanis, Peter Randall
  • System and method of dynamic establishment of virtual private networks using border gateway protocol ethernet virtual private networks technology
    Patent number: 10469595
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that dynamically establishes a first virtual private network (VPN) tunnel is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element detects data destined for a first private subnet. In response to the detecting, the network element determines that a next hop for the data does not have an established VPN tunnel that allows access to the first private subnet. The network element further establishes the VPN tunnel and sends the data using the VPN tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Anoop Dawani, James Michael Murphy, Udayakumar Srinivasan
  • DARK COLORED ELECTROCERAMIC COATINGS FOR MAGNESIUM
    Publication number: 20190316270
    Abstract: This invention relates to articles having magnesium-containing metal surfaces with a black, brown or bronze electroceramic coating, chemically bonded directly to the magnesium metal surfaces, the coating having an outer darkly colored layer and an underlying interfacial layer. Articles having a composite coating comprising first sectors of the electroceramic coating and second sectors comprising organic and/or inorganic components different from the electroceramic coating are also provided. The invention further relates to processes of making and using the articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Shawn E. Dolan, Michael A. Murphy, JR., James P. Golding, Andrew M. Dahl, Eric C. Kuhns
  • Heterostructure power transistor with AlSiN passivation layer
    Patent number: 10446676
    Abstract: A heterostructure semiconductor device includes a first active layer and a second active layer disposed on the first active layer. A two-dimensional electron gas layer is formed between the first and second active layers. An AlSiN passivation layer is disposed on the second active layer. First and second ohmic contacts electrically connect to the second active layer. The first and second ohmic contacts are laterally spaced-apart, with a gate being disposed between the first and second ohmic contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamal Ramdani, Michael Murphy, John Paul Edwards
  • Illuminated bulb seal
    Patent number: 10427509
    Abstract: A system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal having a compressible bulb to provide sealing between a vehicle flange and a moveable panel, and a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb. A light source is positioned within the channel to extend along a length of the seal. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, forming a seal to have a compressible bulb that has a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb, and installing a light cable within the channel to extend along a length of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy
  • Sun visor fitting with integrated sunglass clip
    Patent number: 10421408
    Abstract: A sun visor fitting for holding sunglasses or other objects in a readily accessible position along the face of sun visor includes a body having a mounting section, a visor pin, a first clip and a second clip projecting from the first clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Ahmad Miqdadi, Ryan Kurrle, Daniel Ryan Bechlem, Michael Murphy McElroy, Andrew Dayton Phillips
  • Microfluidic isolation of tumor cells or other rare cells from whole blood or other liquids
    Patent number: 10416150
    Abstract: Microdevices are disclosed to efficiently, accurately, and rapidly isolate and enumerate rare cells, such as circulating tumor cells, from liquids such as whole blood. The system employs multiple parallel meandering channels having a width on the order of 1-2 cell diameters. The microdevices can be produced at low-cost, may readily be automated, and in many instances may be used without pre-processing of the sample. They may be used to isolate and enumerate rare cells, including for example the detection and diagnosis of cancers, cancer staging, or evaluating the effectiveness of a therapeutic intervention, or detecting pathogenic bacteria. The device may optionally be used to nondestructively capture and later to release target cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: Steven Soper, Michael Murphy, June Feng Schneider, Robin McCarley, André Adams
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIEVING CABIN PRESSURE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190270361
    Abstract: A cabin pressure relief system for a motor vehicle includes a pressure relief valve and a control module. The control module is configured to open the pressure relief valve when an access door of the motor vehicle is opened and close the pressure relief valve in response to a specific event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Murphy McElroy, Jeffrey Michael Attala, Mukdam Kena, Allison Jean Hull, Ryan Kurrle
  • Universal molecular processor for precision medicine
    Patent number: 10393726
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that comprises a biomolecular processor and one or more nanotubes. Each biomolecular processor comprises a bioreactor chamber defined by a solid substrate, a plurality of spaced support structures within said bioreactor chamber and attached to the solid substrate, and one or more capture molecules immobilized to some or all of said plurality of spaced support structures, said one or more capture molecules suitable to bind to a portion of a target nucleic acid molecule in a sample. The device also comprises one or more nanotubes defined by the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to the bioreactor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cornell University, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Steven A. Soper, Francis Barany, Sunggook Park, Michael Murphy, Collin J. McKinney, John William Efcavitch, Mateusz Hupert
  • Alkyl push flow for vertical flow rotating disk reactors
    Patent number: 10364509
    Abstract: In a rotating disk reactor for growing epitaxial layers on substrate or other CVD reactor system, gas directed toward the substrates at gas inlets at different radial distances from the axis of rotation of the disk has both substantially the same gas flow rate/velocity and substantially the same gas density at each inlet. The gas directed toward portions of the disk remote from the axis may include a higher concentration of a reactant gas than the gas directed toward portions of the disk close to the axis, so that portions of the substrate surfaces at different distances from the axis receive substantially the same amount of reactant gas per unit area, and a combination of carrier gases with different relative molecular weights at different radial distances from the axis of rotation are employed to substantially make equal the gas density in each region of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Veeco Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, Richard Hoffman, Jonathan Cruel, Lev Kadinski, Jeffrey C. Ramer, Eric A. Armour
  • Systems and Methods for Identifying Precursor and Product Ion Pairs in Scanning SWATH Data
    Publication number: 20190228957
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for identifying a precursor ion of a product ion in a scanning DIA experiment. A precursor ion mass selection window is scanned across a precursor ion mass range of interest, producing a series of overlapping windows across the precursor ion mass range. Each overlapping window is fragmented and mass analyzed, producing a plurality of product ion spectra for the mass range. A product ion is selected from the spectra. Intensities for the selected product ion are retrieved for at least one scan across the mass range producing a trace of intensities versus precursor ion m/z. A matrix multiplication equation is created that describes how one or more precursor ions correspond to the trace for the selected product ion. The matrix multiplication equation is solved for one or more precursor ions corresponding to the selected product ion using a numerical method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gordana Ivosev, Nic G. Bloomfield, Michael Murphy, Stephen A. Tate
  • Discretized Valve State Control For Multi-Level Hydraulic Systems
    Publication number: 20190226503
    Abstract: An actuation pressure to actuate one or more hydraulic actuators may be determined based on a load on the one or more hydraulic actuators of a robotic device. Based on the determined actuation pressure, a pressure rail from among a set of pressure rails at respective pressures may be selected. One or more valves may connect the selected pressure rail to a metering valve. The hydraulic drive system may operate in a discrete mode in which the metering valve opens such that hydraulic fluid flows from the selected pressure rail through the metering valve to the one or more hydraulic actuators at approximately the supply pressure. Responsive to a control state of the robotic device, the hydraulic drive system may operate in a continuous mode in which the metering valve throttles the hydraulic fluid such that the supply pressure is reduced to the determined actuation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, John Aaron Saunders, Steven D. Potter
  • Electrorheological valve
    Patent number: 10352481
    Abstract: An ER fluid valve includes a housing and a plurality of parallel flow passages through the housing each defined by spaced electrodes at least one of which is controllable independently of other flow passages electrodes. A controller is configured to selectively establish electrical fields for all of the independently controllable electrodes to close all of the flow passages to ER fluid flowing through the housing. By removing the fields from all of the independently controllable electrodes, all the flow passages are open to the ER fluid flowing through the housing. By establishing fields for select independently controllable electrodes to close their associated flow passages and by leaving other flow passages open, restricted flow of the ER fluid through the housing is accomplished to vary the flow rate through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Murphy, Robert Playter
  • Sun visor assembly
    Patent number: 10336164
    Abstract: A sun visor assembly comprises a support rod displaceable between a first position, extending along a windshield, and a second position extending along a side window. A visor body is carried on the support rod. A cam is configured to displace the visor body along the support rod from a home position to an extended position as the support rod is displaced toward the second position. A sun visor operating method and method of educating an operator with respect to a capability of a visor body to slide along a support rod are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy, John Andrew Stakoe
  • SUN VISOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190193531
    Abstract: A sun visor assembly comprises a support rod displaceable between a first position, extending along a windshield, and a second position extending along a side window. A visor body is carried on the support rod. A cam is configured to displace the visor body along the support rod from a home position to an extended position as the support rod is displaced toward the second position. A sun visor operating method and method of educating an operator with respect to a capability of a visor body to slide along a support rod are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy, John Andrew Stakoe
  • PANEL AND DEFROST PLENUM
    Publication number: 20190184787
    Abstract: A panel and defrost plenum includes a manifold section, an air feed section and a branch section. The manifold section includes a first air distribution door, a second air distribution door and an optional third air distribution door. The manifold section also includes at least one actuator to displace the first air distribution door, the second air distribution door and the optional third air distribution door if present, between multiple operating positions. The air feed section is located upstream of the manifold section and functions to deliver an airstream past a package restriction to the manifold section. The branch section is downstream from the manifold section. A related method of routing an airstream past a package restriction is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: James Robert Hurd, III, Michael Murphy McElroy, Steve Michael Kahrs, Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke, Jose A. Nava
  • PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE LINKED FOR MOVEMENT WITH DOOR PROTECTOR
    Publication number: 20190178402
    Abstract: A system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a door having interior and exterior sides, at least one inlet in the interior side, at least one outlet in the exterior side, and a door protector mechanism to move a protector relative to the door. At least one pressure relief valve is in communication with the inlet and outlet, and is mechanically linked for movement with the protector. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, mechanically linking at least one pressure relief valve for movement with the protector such that the pressure relief valve opens in response to the door beginning to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy
  • ILLUMINATED BULB SEAL
    Publication number: 20190176601
    Abstract: A system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal having a compressible bulb to provide sealing between a vehicle flange and a moveable panel, and a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb. A light source is positioned within the channel to extend along a length of the seal. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, forming a seal to have a compressible bulb that has a channel formed in an exterior surface of the bulb, and installing a light cable within the channel to extend along a length of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Mukdam Kena, Michael Murphy McElroy
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE EMBEDDED DEVICE LINKS IN A HOST EXECUTABLE
    Publication number: 20190171466
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution to generate multiple linked device code portions within a final executable file. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to extract device code from their respective host object filesets and then link them together to form multiple linked device code portions. Also, using the identification process described by embodiments of the present invention, device code embedded within host objects may also be uniquely identified and linked in accordance with the protocols of conventional programming languages. Furthermore, these multiple linked device code portions may be then converted into distinct executable forms of code that may be encapsulated within a single executable file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Jaydeep Marathe, Michael Murphy, Sean Y. Lee