Patents by Inventor Michael Wheeler
Michael Wheeler 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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Patent number: 12004658Abstract: A shooting rest chair, components thereof, and associated methods. The shooting rest chair includes a base configured to rest on a support surface. A seat supported by the base is sized and shaped to support a shooter when the shooter is sitting in the seat. A pivot hub is supported by the base and connects the base to the seat. A weapon support arm assembly connects to the pivot hub by a first pivot connection. The weapon support arm assembly is configured to support the weapon and is pivotable with respect to the base and the seat about the first pivot connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: AOB Products CompanyInventors: Seth Wheeler, Timothy S. Kinney, Ryan Varnum, Ryan Lovold, Aaron Wood, Michael Cottrell, Matthew Kinamore, James Tayon
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Patent number: 12001228Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Ravi Anant Kishore, Sampath Kommandur, Charles William Booten, Lance Michael Wheeler, Shuang Cui
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Publication number: 20240177886Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes depositing an ink as a liquid strand onto a substrate, transforming the liquid strand to a precursor strand, converting at least a portion of the precursor strand to a nanowire that includes a first metal, and coating the nanowire with a second metal to form a core-shell nanowire having a core and a shell, where at least a portion of the transforming occurs during the depositing, and the core includes the nanowire and the shell includes the second metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Steven John DIGREGORIO, Owen James HILDRETH, Collin Everett MILLER
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Patent number: 11990287Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a color-conversion layer that includes at least one of a color-tuning layer and/or an intermediate layer and a photovoltaic layer where the color-conversion layer changes the appearance of the PV device when compared to a similar PV device constructed without the color-conversion layer, the color-conversion layer increases a power output of the PV device by at least one of reflecting light to the PV layer or emitting light which is redirected to the PV layer, and the device is at least partially transparent to light in the visible spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Publication number: 20240151709Abstract: The present application relates to compositions and methods for tracing cell networks, e.g., for investigation of cell interactions in the CNS with single cell resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Francisco J. Quintana, Michael A. Wheeler, Iain C. Clark
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Publication number: 20240141055Abstract: Human antibodies immunospecific for human CD27 are capable of blocking CD27 binding to its ligand CD70 and neutralizing bioactivity of CD27 including, but not limited to, CD27 intracellular signaling, T-cell proliferation and activation, B-cell proliferation and differentiation, plasmablast formation and alleviation of antibody responses, stimulation of tumor cells by CD70, and the production of soluble mediators from T and B-cells. The antibodies are useful in diagnosing or treating CD27 activity associated diseases and conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: John Chen, Johan Fransson, Natalie Fursov, Damon Hamel, Thomas Malia, Galina Obmolova, Tatiana Ort, Michael Rycyzyn, Michael Scully, Raymond Sweet, Alexey Teplyakov, John Wheeler, Juan Carlos Almagro
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Patent number: 11950436Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Mirzojamshed M. Mirzokarimov, Christopher Paul Muzzillo
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Patent number: 11941702Abstract: A system may include a plurality of camera devices configured to acquire image data associated with a property. The system may also include a processor that receives the image data from the plurality of camera devices, receives insurance policy data associated with the property from a database, and adjusts one or more terms of the insurance policy data based on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Ramsey Devereaux, David S. Franck, Michael J. Allen, Daniela Wheeler, Spencer Read, Kathleen L. Swain
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Patent number: 11939525Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Bryan Anthony Rosales, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Publication number: 20240091953Abstract: A method for controlling a robotic system includes determining a location and/or a pose of a power system component based on data received from one or more sensors, and determining a mapping of a location of a robotic system within a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the data. The model of the external environment provides locations of objects external to the robotic system. A sequence of movements of components of the robotic system is determined to perform maintenance on the power system component based on the locations of the objects external to the robotic system and/or the location or pose of the power system component. One or more control signals are communicated to remotely control movement of the components of the robotic system based on the sequence or movements of the components to perform maintenance on the power system component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Romano Patrick, Shiraj Sen, Arpit Jain, Huan Tan, Yonatan Gefen, Shuai Li, Shubao Liu, Pramod Sharma, Balajee Kannan, Viktor Holovashchenko, Douglas Forman, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Omar Al Assad, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Tai-Peng Tian
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Publication number: 20240077282Abstract: An anti-cant indicator assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. The anti-cant indicator assembly indicates the orientation of a weapon with respect to vertical. The anti-cant indicator assembly includes a mount configured to mount to the weapon, a level including a vial containing a bubble and a pivot connection connecting the level to the mount. The pivot connection is configured to permit movement of the level with respect to the mount about the pivot connection between an operational position in which the bubble can be referenced by the user for indicating orientation of the weapon with respect to vertical, and a stowed position different from the operational position. The pivot connection can include a retainer configured to releasably retain the level in at least one of the operational position or the stowed position. The level can be selectively movable with respect to the mount to calibrate the anti-cant indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: AOB Products CompanyInventors: Mike Lindsay, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Timothy S. Kinney, Mark Dalton, Brian Steere, Justin Burke, Kyle Martin, Dennis W. Cauley, JR., Anthony Vesich, Ryan Varnum, Seth Wheeler, Brett Eckelkamp, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith
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Patent number: 11919179Abstract: An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AOB Products CompanyInventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Shane Ball, William Garland, Brian Steere, Timothy S. Kinney, Seth Wheeler, Justin Burke, James Tayon, Curtis Smith
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Publication number: 20230422533Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Mirzojamshed M. MIRZOKARIMOV, Christopher Paul MUZZILLO
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Patent number: 11802440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Patent number: 11742440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: 11711967Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a scaffold having an internal space and a mixture positioned within the space, where the mixture includes a first phase having a metal halide perovskite and a second phase including at least one of a perovskite precursor and/or a switching molecule, the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a first state having at least one of a first transparency and/or a first color and a second state having at least one of a second transparency and/or a second color.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Bryan Anthony Rosales, Shuang Cui, David Todd Moore
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Publication number: 20230167355Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Bryan Anthony ROSALES, Lance Michael WHEELER
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Patent number: 11621603Abstract: A protective housing is formed of a set wall panels, a base panel, and a lid panel that interlock to form the housing, but may also be taken apart and stored as a stack of two-dimensional panels when not in use. The various panels interlock via configurations internal to the housing itself, so that once an external lock is placed to secure the access door to the front wall panel, it is completely self-contained and impossible to dismantle or otherwise take apart the individual components of the housing from the outside. The rear wall and/or a side wall are formed to include exhaust locations for an included generator, thus requiring no additional ventilation system to be separately constructed and included. The walls may be formed of steel, high density plastic, fiberglass, or other suitable rugged material appropriate for use in structures exposed to the environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventor: James Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: D1025365Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Engineered Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Allen Wheeler, Kevin Michael Pac
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Patent number: D1030036Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Engineered Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Allen Wheeler, Kevin Michael Pac