Patents by Inventor Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker 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).

  • Patent number: 10107567
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly can include a support structure, a heat exchanger, and an air guide. The heat exchanger can be mounted to the support structure. The heat exchanger and the support structure can cooperate to define a gap. The air guide can block the gap to guide an airflow toward a core of the heat exchanger. The air guide can include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be coupled to the support structure. The distal end can extend a first distance from the proximal end in a first condition and can extend a second distance from the proximal end in a second condition. The second distance can be less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tucker, Jeremy Koscielny
  • Patent number: 10033134
    Abstract: A connector part of a subsea connector, in particular an ROV mateable subsea connector, adapted to be mated with a second part of the subsea connector. The connector part includes at least a first contact configured for engagement with a respective second contact of the second connector part for establishing a connection. The connector part has a damper unit. At least the first contact is mounted to the damper unit. The damper unit is configured to be activated by an engagement of the connector part with the second connector part and is further configured to delay the engagement of the first contact with the second contact of the second connector part during the engagement of the connector part with the second connector part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: David Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20180188151
    Abstract: Method for distinguishing between red blood cells and white blood cells. The method includes obliquely illuminating the blood sample with light from at least two rotational angles and analyzing light side scattered from cells in the sample to provide accurate discrimination of white blood cell types based on the anisotropy of red blood cell side scatter as compared to more isotropic white blood cell side scatter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Michael Tucker-Schwartz, Shivang R. Dave
  • Patent number: 9993100
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable garment hanger. The vertically adjustable garment hanger includes a supporting hook having a curved upper end and a lower end. The first end of a vertical suspending member is connected to the lower end of the supporting hook. An end stop is disposed on the second end of the vertical suspending member. A garment retaining body supports clothing thereon and includes an aperture. The vertical suspending member is inserted through the aperture in sliding engagement therewith. An adjustable support member is slidably disposed on the vertical suspending member. The adjustable support member allows the distance between the supporting hook and garment retaining to be changed so that users can hang clothing from a horizontal supporting rod at a desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20180142861
    Abstract: Lamp module cooling system 10 contains vehicle solid-state light source 12 coupled to an extruded first heat sink 2 and an extruded second heat sink 20 in thermal communication with one another and with fluid flow directed from fan air outlet 42 of fan 40 over respective heat dissipation first and second ribs 8, 28 to direct warmed air through existing apertures 115 in headlamp bezel 110 aligned with headlamp optics 130 to defog or de-ice headlamp cover 100. Housing cover 30 and cover 32 define air flow path 50, 52, 54 improving warm air guidance and efficient spatial packaging of lightweight lamp module cooling system 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Ronald Boyd, JR., Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 9962638
    Abstract: The removable dewatering device is adapted for use in a retention basin, and filters debris from water passing there through. The present invention has an inner filter and an outer filter. The current conventional process for cleaning a retention basin filter device of debris is time consuming and arduous. Usually, retention basins must be completely drained in order to clean the filtration devices. The present invention is removed then cleaned and maintained while the retention basin is full of water, and requires considerably less effort and expense for maintenance and cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 9938931
    Abstract: A surface cooler for turbomachines includes an inner layer and an outer layer disposed adjacent to the inner layer and including a metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof, wherein the metal foam, the carbon foam or a combination thereof is configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption. Further, the outer layer includes a plurality of fins, wherein the plurality of fins are configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption, and wherein the plurality of fins includes metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Todd Garrett Wetzel, Jonathan Glenn Luedke, Thomas Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20180093955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R, R4 and Q are each as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of heat shock factor 1 pathway (HSF1 pathway). In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Jones, Matthew Cheeseman, Nicola Chessum, Elise Pasqua, Lindsay Evans, Michael Tucker, Birgit Wilding, Ngal Yi Mok
  • Patent number: 9772282
    Abstract: System for scatter-based differentiation of cells. The system includes a planar substrate having cells disposed thereon for imaging and a microscope employing relatively low magnification detection optics providing a wide field of view focused on the cells on the substrate and defining a microscope optical axis. An illuminator delivers light to the ceils on the substrate focused to a spot larger than the field of view of the microscope, the illuminator having an illumination optical axis highly oblique to the microscope optical axis wherein scattered light is collected by the microscope. A defection system receives the scattered light from the microscope to provide a measure of signal intensity and a measure of size for each cell for discrimination of cell type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jason Michael Tucker-Schwartz, Shivang Rajendra Dave, German Gonzalez Serrano
  • Publication number: 20170242197
    Abstract: A connector unit having a first connector part and at least a second connector part, wherein the first connector part and the at least second connector part are connectable during a mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part and are dis-connectable during a de-mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part, and further having at least a first locking assembly for locking the first connector part and the at least second connector part at least during the de-mate of the first connector part and the at least second connector part. At least first locking assembly has at least a first hydraulic lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: David Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20170204773
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly can include a support structure, a heat exchanger, and an air guide. The heat exchanger can be mounted to the support structure. The heat exchanger and the support structure can cooperate to define a gap. The air guide can block the gap to guide an airflow toward a core of the heat exchanger. The air guide can include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be coupled to the support structure. The distal end can extend a first distance from the proximal end in a first condition and can extend a second distance from the proximal end in a second condition. The second distance can be less than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Michael TUCKER, Jeremy KOSCIELNY
  • Publication number: 20170166983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a maize plant or plant part having increased fertility. A maize plant or plant part that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Steven William Ritchie, Satya P. Chintamanani, Molly Dunn, Elhan Sultan Ersöz, David Jay Foster, Nicholas Federico Martin, David Stewart Skibbe, Dominic Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20170138849
    Abstract: System for scatter-based differentiation of cells. The system includes a planar substrate having cells disposed thereon for imaging and a microscope employing relatively low magnification detection optics providing a wide field of view focused on the cells on the substrate and defining a microscope optical axis. An illuminator delivers light to the ceils on the substrate focused to a spot larger than the field of view of the microscope, the illuminator having an illumination optical axis highly oblique to the microscope optical axis wherein scattered light is collected by the microscope. A defection system receives the scattered light from the microscope to provide a measure of signal intensity and a measure of size for each cell for discrimination of cell type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Michael Tucker-Schwartz, Shivang Rajendra Dave, German Gonzalez Serrano
  • Publication number: 20170141511
    Abstract: A connector part of a subsea connector adapted to be mated with a second part of the subsea connector by application of a mating force. The connector part has at least a first contact configured for engagement with a respective second contact of the second connector part for establishing a connection. The connector part further includes a flushing mechanism having a chamber filled with a medium and one or more fluid passages providing a flow connection from the chamber to an area adjacent to the first contact. During mating of the first connector part with the second connector part, the flushing mechanism is actuated by the mating force and medium is expelled from the chamber and is directed towards at least one of the first contact or the second contact so as to flush the first contact or the second contact, respectively, during mating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: David Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20170141507
    Abstract: A connector part of a subsea connector, in particular an ROV mateable subsea connector, adapted to be mated with a second part of the subsea connector. The connector part includes at least a first contact configured for engagement with a respective second contact of the second connector part for establishing a connection. The connector part has a damper unit. At least the first contact is mounted to the damper unit. The damper unit is configured to be activated by an engagement of the connector part with the second connector part and is further configured to delay the engagement of the first contact with the second contact of the second connector part during the engagement of the connector part with the second connector part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: David Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20170071388
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable garment hanger. The vertically adjustable garment hanger includes a supporting hook having a curved upper end and a lower end. The first end of a vertical suspending member is connected to the lower end of the supporting hook. An end stop is disposed on the second end of the vertical suspending member. A garment retaining body supports clothing thereon and includes an aperture. The vertical suspending member is inserted through the aperture in sliding engagement therewith. An adjustable support member is slidably disposed on the vertical suspending member. The adjustable support member allows the distance between the supporting hook and garment retaining to be changed so that users can hang clothing from a horizontal supporting rod at a desired height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 9448473
    Abstract: In the field of semiconductor production using charged particle beam lithography, a method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation or proximity effect correction is disclosed, where a non-circular target pattern to be formed on a surface is input. A plurality of charged particle beam shots for a multi-beam charged particle beam system is determined, where the plurality of shots will form a pattern on the surface, each charged particle beam shot being a multi-beam shot comprising a plurality of circular or nearly-circular beamlets. The pattern on the surface matches the target pattern within a predetermined tolerance. The determining is performed using a computing hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Michael Tucker
  • Publication number: 20160262291
    Abstract: Fabric-over-foam (and foil-over-foam) electromagnetic interference attenuating gaskets having a body of indefinite length are disclosed, the gaskets having a foam core surrounded by conductive fabric, where the foam core possesses at least two distinct regions of foam density. Methods of manufacturing the gaskets are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: John Michael Tucker, Frank Joseph Gibilterra
  • Patent number: 9358172
    Abstract: A therapeutic medical garment having a variable pressure profile along its length and includes a knitted tubular body and a knitted anti-slip portion formed proximate one end of the tubular body with an inner surface adapted for residing against a wearer's skin. The knitted anti-slip portion includes at least first and second high friction yarns simultaneously knitted to form a repeat having a raised surface texture on the inner surface of the anti-slip portion. One of the first and second high friction yarns is a low-elasticity yarn, and at least one of the first and second high-friction yarns is knitted to reside on and form the raised surface texture on the inner face of the anti-slip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BSN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Collins, Joachim Dietmar Adolf Bauer, Kevin Michael Tucker, Phillip Todd Clark
  • Patent number: 9345271
    Abstract: A therapeutic medical garment having a variable pressure profile along its length, and including a knitted tubular body and a knitted anti-slip portion formed proximate one end of the tubular body with an inner surface adapted for residing against a wearer's skin. The knitted anti-slip portion includes at least first, second and third yarns simultaneously knitted to form a repeat having a raised surface texture on the inner surface of the anti-slip portion. One of the first, second and third yarns is a low-friction yarn, and two of the first, second and third yarns are high-friction yarns knitted to reside on and form the raised surface texture on the inner face of the anti-slip portion. A fabric construction and a method of forming a fabric construction are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BSN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Collins, Joachim Dietmar Adolf Bauer, Kevin Michael Tucker, Phillip Todd Clark