Patents by Inventor Nicholas A. Philips

Nicholas A. Philips 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: 11947513
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize, index, search, and present time series data based on searches. Time series data are sequences of time stamped records occurring in one or more usually continuous streams, representing some type of activity. In one embodiment, time series data is stored as discrete events time stamps. A search is received and relevant event information is retrieved based in whole or in part on the time stamp, a keyword indexing mechanism, or statistical indices calculated at the time of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Baum, R. David Carasso, Robin Kumar Das, Rory Greene, Bradley Hall, Nicholas Christian Mealy, Brian Philip Murphy, Stephen Phillip Sorkin, Andre David Stechert, Erik M. Swan
  • Patent number: 11919686
    Abstract: A container for housing a liquid-filled bag has at least four walls including first and second side walls, a front wall, and a back wall. The front wall has a front wall panel, and the back wall has a back wall panel interconnected with first and second side wall panels. A first inner shield flap is coupled to the front wall panel, a second inner shield flap is coupled to the back wall panel, and a first top flap is coupled to the first side wall panel. The first top flap defines a first handhold opening. A second top flap is coupled to the second side wall panel and defines a second handhold opening. The first and second handhold openings overlap to define a handhold when the second top flap is folded over the first top flap. The handhold is offset from free ends of the first and second inner shield flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips
  • Publication number: 20240010383
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tray modules and tray assemblies made from interconnected tray modules. The modular tray assemblies can be used in indoor farming with a soilless growth medium to germinate seeds, develop plants from the germinated seeds, and harvest the developed plants. The tray modules making up a tray assembly are interchangeable and can be made from the same mold design. This can reduce production costs for making tray modules and can reduce the inventory of replacement parts needed to repair tray assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: AeroFarms, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ira Rosen, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, Justin Robert Zabilansky, John James Tarter
  • Publication number: 20230331454
    Abstract: A shipping mailer includes a main body having a first wall and a second wall that are folded together and sealed along sealed side edge portions of the main body. The shipping mailer has a closed first end portion and a second end portion having an opening sealable by a closure. The main body is made of a single-face corrugated material including a liner layer and a fluted layer. The main body includes a center fold line at the closed first end portion from which the first and second walls extend. The fluted layer includes a plurality of flutes extending parallel to the center fold line, and flutes of the first wall nest with flutes of the second wall. The fluted layer includes a plurality of preformed longitudinal fold lines formed in the flutes, and the preformed longitudinal fold lines are offset inwardly from the sealed side edge portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, James D. Southwell, Nicholas A. Philips
  • Patent number: 11713177
    Abstract: A shipping mailer has a first wall and a second wall that at least partially define an interior of the shipping mailer. The shipping mailer has a closed first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion comprising an opening sealable by a closure. A plurality of corrugations are coupled to the first wall and to the second wall in the interior of the shipping mailer. The corrugations of the first wall and the corrugations of the second wall have respective preformed fold lines at the closed first end portion about which the first wall and the second wall are configured to fold when an object is inserted into the shipping mailer to create an end wall extending between the first and second walls at the closed first end portion of the shipping mailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, James D. Southwell, Nicholas A. Philips
  • Patent number: 11697174
    Abstract: A method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces, comprises (a) coating the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces with a layer of a coating material, (b) abrading the coated bonding surfaces to remove surface oxide, the coating material being in liquid form, (c) removing excess coating material or excess abraded metal or metal alloy containing workpiece material from the coated bonding surfaces, and (d) diffusion bonding the coated bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces together. The coating material is operable to form a stable barrier on the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces under ambient conditions, and evaporates from the bonding surfaces under diffusion bonding conditions. There is also a bonded workpiece formed using the method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Alec Gordon Gunner, Nicholas Philip Ludford
  • Publication number: 20230189718
    Abstract: The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AeroFarms, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Kung, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, John Neill, John James Tarter, Justin Robert Zabilansky
  • Patent number: 11612111
    Abstract: The disclosed container defines (i) an “interior” configured to interact with a fluid and/or developing plants, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The disclosed container may further include stacking features/elements which allow one container to be stacked/nested one upon the other. The disclosed container may further include features/elements which enable one container to be connected adjacent to the other. The disclosed container may further include (i) features/elements for delivering fluid, (ii) features/elements for draining fluid, and (iii) features/elements for supporting developing plants that are conducive to their growing within the disclosed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: AeroFarms, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Kung, Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, John Neill, John James Tarter, Justin Robert Zabilansky
  • Patent number: 11414247
    Abstract: A container can include a container portion, a cover coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position, and a product platform configured to receive a product. The product platform can be coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a first position in which the product platform is received within the container portion and a second position in which the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion. The cover is configured to engage the product platform such that when the cover is pivoted from the closed position to the open position in a first direction, motion of the cover pivots the product platform in a second direction from the first position to the second position such that the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Philips, James D. Southwell
  • Patent number: 11325741
    Abstract: A tray has a back wall, at least two side walls, a front wall, and a bottom. The side walls have an inner side wall panel and an outer side wall panel, and a gap between the inner and outer side wall panels. The back wall has an outer back wall panel and an inner back wall panel, and a gap provided between the inner back wall panel and the outer back wall panel. The inner back wall panel has first and second side edges, a top edge, and a bottom edge. A first of the inner side wall panels has a back edge, a front edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge. A multilayered corner reinforcing structure couples the back edge of the first inner side wall panel to the first side edge of the inner back wall panel at a first corner of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Philips, Scott M. Miller, Richard R. Gugel
  • Patent number: 11082078
    Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for a portable handheld radio, including a detachment mechanism and indicator for removably attaching the handheld radio to the mobile mount is disclosed. In one embodiment, the detachment mechanism includes a mechanical indicator configured to indicate an attached and detached state of the handheld radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Datron World Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur C. Lashbrook, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Richard R. Urmonas, James A. Pena, Benjamin L. LaBelle
  • Publication number: 20210220943
    Abstract: A method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces, comprises (a) coating the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces with a layer of a coating material, (b) abrading the coated bonding surfaces to remove surface oxide, the coating material being in liquid form, (c) removing excess coating material or excess abraded metal or metal alloy containing workpiece material from the coated bonding surfaces, and (d) diffusion bonding the coated bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces together. The coating material is operable to form a stable barrier on the bonding surfaces of the metal or metal alloy containing workpieces under ambient conditions, and evaporates from the bonding surfaces under diffusion bonding conditions. There is also a bonded workpiece formed using the method of diffusion bonding metal or metal alloy containing workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alec Gordon Gunner, Nicholas Philip Ludford
  • Patent number: 11012108
    Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for simultaneous charging of a portable handheld radio and a spare battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable handheld radio and the spare battery receive power from a vehicle via the mobile mount. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the handheld radio to a charging mechanism. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the spare battery via a rotational locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Datron World Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur L. Reynolds, III, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Benjamin L. LaBelle, David M. Giuntoli, Paul J. Klock, Matthew R. Fallows
  • Patent number: 10919680
    Abstract: A beverage container can comprise a container housing for housing an internal liquid container. The container can include first and second shields extending from panel sections of the housing that interlock over the container. The shields can be spaced between a hand hold opening through a top portion of the container housing and the internal liquid container. A gap can be provided between the shields and hand hold opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Philips
  • Patent number: 10670068
    Abstract: A frangible fastener system configured to secure a second retained member to a first retained member until the frangible fastener system receives a breaking force is described. The frangible fastener system comprises a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener comprises a flange configured to cause retention of the first retained member toward a base member. The first fastener is configured to engage the base member and to receive the second fastener along a first axis of the frangible faster system. The second fastener comprises a frangible portion configured to separate responsive to receiving the breaking force, and a head portion connected to the frangible portion. The head portion is configured to cause retention of the second retained member toward the first retained member until the frangible portion separates responsive to receiving the breaking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apical Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Philip Caponera, Sven Emil Andersson
  • Patent number: 10642904
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method comprises accessing, by one or more computing systems associated with a social-networking system, a structured document of a network application, the structured document comprising structural information and content comprising one or more embedded scripts, resources, or identifiers for the resources. The method further comprises processing the structured document to generate a model representation of the structured document, executing at least some of the content of the structured document and logging multiple snapshots of the model representation of the structured document as the model representation is generated in response to one or more interactions initiated by execution of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Philip Gianos, Paul Christopher Jeffries, Pedram Keyani, Chetan Gowda, Siddharth Kar
  • Patent number: 10569926
    Abstract: Wall panels for a corrugated paper board container have bulge control lines formed therein to control the bending of the wall panels as the container is loaded with contents, such as liquid containing contents. The bulge control lines are configured to control the bending of the wall panels to mitigate the possibility of undesirable spouting that makes the containers more difficult to store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips, Benjamin Frank
  • Patent number: 10481291
    Abstract: An imager and method for imaging fluid of a subsurface formation is disclosed. The imager includes a housing having a sidewall defining a passage to receive a core sample of the subsurface formation therethrough. The housing is positioned in a downhole tool and has a fluid inlet to receive fluid from the subsurface formation into the passage. The imager also includes a permanent magnet positioned in the sidewall of the housing, a radio frequency coil positioned in the sidewall of the housing between the permanent magnet and the passage, a gradient field in the sidewall of the housing between the permanent magnet and the radio frequency coil, and a chemically-selective imager. The chemically-selective imager is operatively connected to the radio frequency coil to selectively pulse frequencies according to a pulse sequence whereby individual fluid measurements of the sample are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthias Appel, Benjamin Charles Anger, Hilko de Jong, Lynn Faith Gladden, Michael David Mantle, Andrew John Sederman, Nicholas Philip Ramskill
  • Publication number: 20190097667
    Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for simultaneous charging of a portable handheld radio and a spare battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable handheld radio and the spare battery receive power from a vehicle via the mobile mount. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the handheld radio to a charging mechanism. In another embodiment, the mobile mount is configured to removably attach the spare battery via a rotational locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur L. Reynolds, III, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Benjamin L. LaBelle, David M. Giuntoli, Paul J. Klock, Matthew R. Fallows
  • Publication number: 20180313388
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a frangible fastener system configured to secure a second retained member to a first retained member until the frangible fastener system receives a breaking force. The frangible fastener system may comprise a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener may comprise a flange configured to cause retention of the first retained member toward a base member. The first fastener may be configured to engage the base member and to receive the second fastener along a first axis of the frangible faster system. The second fastener may comprise a frangible portion configured to separate responsive to receiving the breaking force, and a head portion connected to the frangible portion. The head portion may be configured to cause retention of the second retained member toward the first retained member until the frangible portion separates responsive to receiving the breaking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas Philip Caponera, Sven Emil Andersson