Patents by Inventor Patrick Robert Smith

Patrick Robert Smith 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: 12000678
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprises one or more mechanisms for receiving, aligning, and maintaining a position of a magazine within a bay of the CEW. Bias spring and datums may be used to align the magazine to be coupled to the CEW, wherein bias springs are configured to apply pressure to push the magazine to interact with datums to align the magazine. A spring and ramp mechanism may be used to maintain a position of the magazine coupled to the bay of the CEW. Respective grades of a locking ramp and a release ramp are used to lock a spring in place when a magazine is coupled to the bay of the CEW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Gish, Patrick W. Smith, John Groff, Mark Eastwood, Alex Kensil, Arturo Meuniot, Trevor Ryan, Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 11969578
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Morris, Scott M. Belliveau, Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Rian Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Patrick Wile McBride, Michael Robert Mensinger, Francis William Pascual, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Anna Leigh Davis, Kevin Shoemaker, Brian Christopher Smith, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Publication number: 20240091442
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Patent number: 10593752
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method has an isolated well with an improved isolated well contact. The well contact diffusion is isolated from a device diffusion of opposite conductivity type within the isolated well by an isolation transistor gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce Lynn Pickelsimer, Patrick Robert Smith, Terry James Bordelon, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170301754
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method has an isolated well with an improved isolated well contact. The well contact diffusion is isolated from a device diffusion of opposite conductivity type within the isolated well by an isolation transistor gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Lynn Pickelsimer, Patrick Robert Smith, Terry James Bordelon, JR.
  • Patent number: 9722021
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method has an isolated well with an improved isolated well contact. The well contact diffusion is isolated from a device diffusion of opposite conductivity type within the isolated well by an isolation transistor gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce Lynn Pickelsimer, Patrick Robert Smith, Terry James Bordelon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9691491
    Abstract: An example method to track bit cell current in a memory architecture. An example method disclosed herein includes generating a first reference current dependent on bit cell temperature. The example method includes generating a second reference current dependent on bit cell voltage and supplying a third reference current of constant magnitude. In examples disclosed herein, the example method involves summing the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current. The example method includes determining, with a sense amplifier, a bit cell logic state based on the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kurt Stephen Schwartz, Patrick Robert Smith
  • Publication number: 20170084343
    Abstract: An example method to track bit cell current in a memory architecture. An example method disclosed herein includes generating a first reference current dependent on bit cell temperature. The example method includes generating a second reference current dependent on bit cell voltage and supplying a third reference current of constant magnitude. In examples disclosed herein, the example method involves summing the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current. The example method includes determining, with a sense amplifier, a bit cell logic state based on the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kurt Stephen SCHWARTZ, Patrick Robert SMITH
  • Publication number: 20170062558
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method has an isolated well with an improved isolated well contact. The well contact diffusion is isolated from a device diffusion of opposite conductivity type within the isolated well by an isolation transistor gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Lynn Pickelsimer, Patrick Robert Smith, Terry James Bordelon, JR.