Patents by Inventor Paul Childs
Paul Childs 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: 11963910Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base having a length and including a plurality of caster wheels enabling movement of the patient support apparatus across a floor surface. An auxiliary wheel support structure is secured to the base and rotatably supports at least one non-castered auxiliary wheel. A drive mechanism including a motor may be configured to drive the auxiliary wheel. A braking system including at least one brake member may be configured to apply a braking force to decelerate the auxiliary wheel and is movable between a first position wherein the at least one brake member is disengaged from the auxiliary wheel and a deployed position wherein the at least one brake member is frictionally engaged with the auxiliary wheel to restrict rotation of the auxiliary wheel. The braking system may be configured to synchronize the braking forces applied to first and second auxiliary wheels.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul
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Patent number: 11853537Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that provide a graphical user interface for intuitively generating digital action sequences across one or more digital platforms. For example, the disclosed systems generate graphical user interfaces with tools to construct digital action sequences of platform actions performed based on event triggers. To facilitate building such digital action sequences, in some cases, the disclosed systems provide data for digital-action-sequence templates for easy selection of pre-matched event triggers and platform actions or tools to mix-and-match combinations of specific event triggers and platform actions. By providing such intuitive tools in a centralized graphical user interface, the disclosed systems can connect events across multiple platforms or across disconnected components of a single platform.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Qualtrics, LLCInventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
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Publication number: 20230385859Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for intelligently generating an efficient new data set for storage in non-temporary storage during ingestion of other inefficient data sets. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems ingests a subset of a second data set of operational data items along with a first data set of response data items based on correlations between the subset of operational data items and the response data items. Thus, the disclosed systems provide a robust solution to efficiently ingesting data sets while avoiding computing storage and processing waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W. Hui, Kenyon Porter
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Publication number: 20230121261Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that provide a graphical user interface for intuitively generating digital action sequences across one or more digital platforms. For example, the disclosed systems generate graphical user interfaces with tools to construct digital action sequences of platform actions performed based on event triggers. To facilitate building such digital action sequences, in some cases, the disclosed systems provide data for digital-action-sequence templates for easy selection of pre-matched event triggers and platform actions or tools to mix-and-match combinations of specific event triggers and platform actions. By providing such intuitive tools in a centralized graphical user interface, the disclosed systems can connect events across multiple platforms or across disconnected components of a single platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W. Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
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Patent number: 9802973Abstract: There is provided polymorphs of ferric maltol. Such forms may be useful in the treatment of iron deficiency with or without anaemia, such as iron deficiency anaemia.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SHIELD TX (UK) LTD.Inventor: David Paul Childs
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Publication number: 20170260222Abstract: There is provided polymorphs of ferric maltol. Such forms may be useful in the treatment of iron deficiency with or without anaemia, such as iron deficiency anaemia.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: David Paul CHILDS
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Patent number: 9244181Abstract: A method for processing seismic data. The method includes predicting seismic data according to an earth model representing seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth, determining a difference between seismic data acquired from one or more seismic receivers and the predicted seismic data, projecting the difference into a model space in traveltime, and updating the earth model according to the projected difference. As a result, the updated earth model more accurately represents the seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.Inventors: James Rickett, Paul Childs
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Publication number: 20110090760Abstract: A method for processing seismic data. The method includes predicting seismic data according to an earth model representing seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth, determining a difference between seismic data acquired from one or more seismic receivers and the predicted seismic data, projecting the difference into a model space in traveltime, and updating the earth model according to the projected difference. As a result, the updated earth model more accurately represents the seismic properties of subterranean formations in the earth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: James Rickett, Paul Childs
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Publication number: 20100142316Abstract: A technique includes providing seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium. The seismic data includes particle motion data. The technique includes modeling waves propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data. The technique includes, based on the modeling, determining the property(ies) of the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Henk Keers, Paul Childs
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Patent number: 7617082Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a system and a program storage device containing instructions for simulating the flow of fluid in a physical system using a composition-based extensible object-oriented program. A computer program includes: (i) a framework subsystem providing a graph package, a compute package and a property package; (ii) an engine subsystem including engine subsystem packages for performing numerical simulation, the engine subsystem packages including a linear solver package and a non-linear solver package; and (iii) a set of model components providing physical and numerical modeling behaviors utilized by the engine subsystem, the model components including at least one of a reservoir model, a well model, an aquifer model, a fluid model and a SCAL model. The framework subsystem, the engine subsystem and the model components work with one other to simulate the flow of fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Paul Childs, David R. DeBaun, Thomas J. Byer
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Patent number: 7164990Abstract: A method of determining fluid flow in a volume containing two or more fluid components, including determining a pressure field for the volume. One or more streamlines are determined from the pressure field, and the fluid composition is solved for the fluid composition along the, or each, streamline. The pressure may also be solved along the, or each, streamline. The step of solving along the, or each, streamline may be performed using a finite difference technique.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Kyrre Bratvedt, Paul Childs, Martha Crane, Frode Bratvedt, Rudi Olufsen
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Publication number: 20060282243Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a system and a program storage device containing instructions for simulating the flow of fluid in a physical system using a composition-based extensible object-oriented program. A computer program includes: (i) a framework subsystem providing a graph package, a compute package and a property package; (ii) an engine subsystem including engine subsystem packages for performing numerical simulation, the engine subsystem packages including a linear solver package and a non-linear solver package; and (iii) a set of model components providing physical and numerical modeling behaviors utilized by the engine subsystem, the model components including at least one of a reservoir model, a well model, an aquifer model, a fluid model and a SCAL model. The framework subsystem, the engine subsystem and the model components work with one other to simulate the flow of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Paul Childs, David DeBaun, Thomas Byer
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Patent number: 6981367Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a device for generating hydrogen from a water vapor containing exhaust is provided. The device comprises an exhaust diverter and a hydrogen generation section. The exhaust diverter is configured to divert a portion of the exhaust to the hydrogen generation section. The hydrogen generation section comprises an electrolysis unit defining a hermetically sealed void volume configured to accumulate and store hydrogen. The exhaust diverter may be placed in communication with a heat exchanger configured to increase a fractional relative humidity of the diverted exhaust by cooling the diverted exhaust. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.72(b), the purpose of this abstract is to enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract will not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Paul Childs, Anthony LaConti, Keith D. Patch, Norman Dale Brinkman, David R. Monroe, David L. Hilden, Patrick G. Szymkowicz
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Publication number: 20040261398Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a device for generating hydrogen from a water vapor containing exhaust is provided. The device comprises an exhaust diverter and a hydrogen generation section. The exhaust diverter is configured to divert a portion of the exhaust to the hydrogen generation section. The hydrogen generation section comprises an electrolysis unit defining a hermetically sealed void volume configured to accumulate and store hydrogen. The exhaust diverter may be placed in communication with a heat exchanger configured to increase a fractional relative humidity of the diverted exhaust by cooling the diverted exhaust. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.72(b), the purpose of this abstract is to enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract will not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Paul Childs, Anthony LaConti, Keith D. Patch, Norman Dale Brinkman, David R. Monroe, David L. Hilden, Patrick G. Szymkowicz
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Publication number: 20040015295Abstract: A method of determining fluid flow in a volume containing two or more fluid components, comprising determining a pressure field for the volume. One or more streamlines are determined from the pressure field, and the fluid composition is solved for the fluid composition along the or each streamline. The pressure may also be solved along the or each streamline. The step of solving along the or each streamline may be performed using a finite difference technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Kyrre Bratvedt, Paul Childs, Martha Crane, Frode Bratvedt, Rudi Olufsen
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Patent number: 5014679Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-fired oven for heating food by steam and/or dry convection. The oven has a heating chamber; an atomizer for producing an atomized water spray; a source of a combustible gas mixture; and a burner-heat exchanger. The gas fired burner-heat exchanger receives and combusts the mixture and isolates hot combustion gases from the heating chamber so pure steam is furnished to the heating chamber. The heat exchanger receives hot combustion gases, and vaporizes atomized spray circulated over its external surface to produce steam for heating an article in the heating chamber. The amount of steam in the heating chamber is measured and controlled by monitoring a temperature in a drain.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1989Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Assignee: Tecogen, Inc.Inventors: Paul Childs, James R. Hurley, Conrad J. Orcheski