Patents by Inventor Paul Christopher

Paul Christopher 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).

  • Publication number: 20240138557
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion and a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The moveable funnel includes a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube, where a distal end of the tube includes a cutting edge angled relative to a central axis of the tube. The system further includes a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush having a handle extending out from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Publication number: 20240141888
    Abstract: A fluid end assembly of a hydraulic fluid pump includes a housing, a plug member, a lock cover, and at least one retention pin. The housing may include at least one bore. The plug member may be positioned at least partially within the at least one bore. The lock cover may be coupled to the housing and configured to retain the plug member within the at least one bore during operation of the fluid end assembly. The at least one retention pin may extend at least partially through a portion of the lock cover to retain the lock cover in a rotational position that retains the plug member at least partially within the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Huseman, Chris Degginger, Paul Douglas Cary, Kyle Christopher Chady
  • Publication number: 20240140043
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for additive manufacturing of objects are provided. In some embodiments, a device for supporting an object during an additive manufacturing process includes a build platform having a surface, and a plurality of support structures extending above the surface of the build platform. Each support structure can be configured to couple to a portion of an additively manufactured object. The device can also include a plurality of actuators, each actuator being configured to adjust a position of a corresponding support structure relative to the build platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Christopher Cole, Brett E. Kelly, Bastien Pesenti, Masoumeh Pourali, Paul Hassell, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Peter Dorfinger
  • Publication number: 20240135969
    Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) that, in some examples, provide a HAMR medium with two soft underlayers (SULs) on opposing sides of a single heatsink layer. For example, a magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a lower SUL on a substrate. The lower SUL is configured and positioned within the medium to provide a first return path for magnetic flux from a magnetic recording head during a write operation. The medium also includes a heatsink layer on the lower SUL and an upper SUL on the heatsink layer. The upper SUL is configured and positioned within the medium to provide a second return path for magnetic flux from the magnetic recording head. A magnetic recording layer is provided on the upper SUL to store information during the write operation. Additional layers or films may be provided as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Asif Bashir, Pierre-Olivier Jubert, Antony Ajan, Paul Christopher Dorsey
  • Publication number: 20240122777
    Abstract: Systems are provided for an imaging system isolation enclosure for use with a medical imaging system includes a pathogen impermeable enclosure for use with one or more of radiation imaging systems and magnetic resonance imaging systems, the pathogen impermeable enclosure is configured to provide a barrier between the imaging system and at least one of a patient user and an imaging room, and an air filtration system including an inlet to supply a cooling air flow to an interior of the imaging system isolation enclosure and an outlet to output exhaust air from an interior of the imaging system isolation enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Francis FitzGerald, Uwe Wiedmann, Ross Christopher Stalter, Stephen Lorenco Araujo, Michael James Rishel, Chad Allan Smith
  • Publication number: 20240125491
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reducing startup time of an equipment front end module (EFEM). The EFEM may include an EFEM chamber formed between a plurality of walls, an upper plenum above the EFEM chamber, the upper plenum in fluid communication with the EFEM chamber, a plurality of ducts that provide a return gas flow path enabling recirculation of gas from the EFEM chamber to the upper plenum, one or more filters that separate the upper plenum from the EFEM chamber, an isolation gate configured to block the return gas flow path responsive to the isolation gate being actuated to a closed position to isolate the one or more filters from an ambient environment responsive to a gas being flowed through the upper plenum when the EFEM chamber is opened to the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: James Christopher Hansen, Steven Trey Tindel, Paul B. Reuter
  • Publication number: 20240115211
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating graphical displays of analyte data and/or health information. In some implementations, the graphical displays are generating based on a self-referential dataset that are modifiable based on identified portions of the data. The modified graphical displays can indicate features in the analyte data of a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Esteban CABRERA, JR., Lauren Danielle ARMENTA, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Jennifer BLACKWELL, Leif N. BOWMAN, Rian DRAEGER, Arturo GARCIA, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, John Michael GRAY, Andrea Jean JACKSON, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Paul KRAMER, Aditya Sagar MANDAPAKA, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Sumitaka MIKAMI, Gary A. MORRIS, Hemant Mahendra NIRMAL, Paul NOBLE-CAMPBELL, Philip Thomas PUPA, Eli REIHMAN, Peter C. SIMPSON, Brian Christopher SMITH, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Publication number: 20240115311
    Abstract: An electrosurgical connection unit for a surgical robot arm to connect an electrosurgical instrument attached to the arm to an electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical connection unit includes an input port connectable to the electrosurgical generator, the input port configured to receive a driving electrosurgical signal and output one or more activation signals; an output port connectable to the electrosurgical instrument, the output port configured to output the driving electrosurgical signal received on the input port; one or more activation switch units, wherein activation of an activation switch unit causes an activation signal to be output from the input port indicating a driving electrosurgical signal with a desired waveform is to be activated; and a control unit configured to selectively activate one of the one or more activation switch units in response to a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Schofield, Paul Christopher Roberts, Gordon Thomas Deane
  • Patent number: 11951717
    Abstract: A tile for reducing a radar wave reflection from a surface, the tile being a flexible surface sheet which is adhesively attachable to the surface, wherein the flexible surface sheet reduces the radar wave reflection from the surface at a frequency, the frequency being a frequency between 1 GHz and 12 GHz; and, wherein the flexible surface sheet is a laminate of layers, wherein at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the flexible surface sheet is adapted to be adhesively attachable to the surface, and wherein the laminate of layers comprises: a first layer comprising a polymer matrix into which a particulate filler is dispersed, wherein the particulate filler has radar absorbing properties; a second layer comprising a polymer matrix, the second layer adjoining the first layer, wherein the polymer matrix of at least one of the first and the second layer is thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Trelleborg Retford Limited
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Nevin, Andrew Ian Williams, Philip Wayne Brindle, Paul Geary, Gary Critchlow, Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi
  • Publication number: 20240102392
    Abstract: An apparatus relating to a component for a turbine engine which generates a hot gas fluid flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow. The component having a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow. At least one cooling hole including a connecting passage extending from a first inlet located at the cooled surface, to a first outlet located at the heated surface, the connecting passage defining a downstream flow direction from the first inlet to the first outlet, the connecting passage comprising a metering section fluidly coupled to the first inlet and defining a metered centerline and a diffusing section, downstream of the metering section, defining a diffused centerline, and fluidly coupling the metering section to the first outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
  • Patent number: 11938477
    Abstract: A microfluidic cartridge is provided. The microfluidic cartridge has an interior and an exterior. The microfluidic cartridge includes a reservoir disposed in the interior of the microfluidic cartridge and configured to contain a fluid composition. The microfluidic cartridge includes an electric circuit disposed on the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge. The electric circuit comprises a first end portion having electrical contacts and a second end portion opposing the first end portion. The microfluidic cartridge includes a microfluidic die disposed on the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge, wherein the microfluidic die is electrically connected with the second end portion of the electric circuit and in fluid communication with the reservoir. A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to join the electric circuit with the exterior of the microfluidic cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chisomaga Ugochi Nwachukwu, Judith Ann Hollingshead, Paul William Dryer, David Christopher Graham, Sean Terrence Weaver
  • Patent number: 11942266
    Abstract: Systems for improvements in electrical power distribution and monitoring systems for data centers. A system can include a circuit breaker, a set of phased current transformers (CTs), a neutral CT, and a metering device. The circuit breaker can be mounted in a first enclosure. Additionally, the set of phased CTs can be positioned in a first component arrangement of a second enclosure. The set of phased CTs can be coupled to the circuit breaker and be configured to measure a current value flowing through the circuit breaker. Moreover, the neutral CT can be positioned in a second component arrangement of the second enclosure. The neutral No errors found. CT can be coupled to the circuit breaker. Furthermore, the metering device can be configured to transmit data associated with the current value to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Christopher Thies, Tor Adom Kyaagba
  • Publication number: 20240096368
    Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium. A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, and an underlayer on the heat sink layer. The underlayer includes an amount of an electrically conductive material between about 20 mole percent (mol %) and about 100 mol %. The magnetic recording medium further includes the plurality of magnetic recording layers on the underlayer. The plurality of magnetic recording layers includes a first magnetic recording layer that comprises FePt—Ag—X, wherein X is an oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hua Yuan, Hoan Cong Ho, Paul Christopher Dorsey
  • Patent number: 11933290
    Abstract: An axial piston pump controller for an axial piston pump having a fixed valve plate and a variable displacement is provided. The axial piston pump controller is configured to determine a displacement of the axial piston pump, and to calculate a pump displacement control current to be supplied to the axial piston pump to control the displacement of the axial piston pump. Calculating the pump displacement control current comprises calculating a nominal value for the pump displacement control current based on a rotational speed of the axial piston pump, calculating a pump stiffness adjustment factor based on a pump stiffness control map having as inputs: an output pressure of the axial piston pump; and the estimated pump displacement, and calculating the pump displacement control current to be supplied to the axial piston pump based on the nominal value and the pump stiffness adjustment factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Arick Bakken, Paul John Cairns, William Christopher Swick
  • Patent number: 11931188
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating graphical displays of analyte data and/or health information. In some implementations, the graphical displays are generating based on a self-referential dataset that are modifiable based on identified portions of the data. The modified graphical displays can indicate features in the analyte data of a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Lauren Danielle Armenta, Scott M. Belliveau, Jennifer Blackwell, Leif N. Bowman, Rian Draeger, Arturo Garcia, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, John Michael Gray, Andrea Jean Jackson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Paul Kramer, Aditya Sagar Mandapaka, Michael Robert Mensinger, Sumitaka Mikami, Gary A Morris, Hemant Mahendra Nirmal, Paul Noble-Campbell, Philip Thomas Pupa, Eli Reihman, Peter C. Simpson, Brian Christopher Smith, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Publication number: 20240081813
    Abstract: A tissue fixation system including a delivery tube and an elongated fastener with a loop at a proximal end and a distal end, A proximal end of an elongated curved needle is attached to the delivery tube. A distal end of the needle is configured to penetrate tissue. The needle includes an open channel sized to receive the elongated fastener with the loop located near the proximal end of the elongated curved needle and the distal end of the elongated fastener located near the distal end of the elongated curved needle. A capture needle is slidably positioned in the delivery tube to slide through the loop in the proximal end of the elongated fastener. The capture needle is configured to grasp the distal end of the elongated fastener and pull the distal end of the elongated fastener through the loop to cinch the elongated fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Tissue Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Paul V. FENTON, J. Christopher FLAHERTY, Anshuman SHRIVASTAVA
  • Publication number: 20240084287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the analysis of complex single cell sequencing libraries. Disclosed are methods for enrichment of library members based on the presence of cell-of origin barcodes to identify and concentrate DNA that is relevant to interesting cells or components that would be expensive or difficult to study otherwise. Also, disclosed are methods of capturing cDNA library molecules by use of CRISPR systems, hybridization or PCR. The present invention allows for identifying the properties of rare cells in single cell RNA-seq data and accurately profile them through clustering approaches. Further information on transcript abundances from subpopulations of single cells can be analyzed at a lower sequencing effort. The methods also allow for linking TCR alpha and beta chains at the single cell level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Blainey, Navpreet Ranu, Todd Gierahn, J. Christopher Love
  • Publication number: 20240079843
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for producing ultrashort optical pulses are described. A high-power, solid-state, passively mode-locked laser can be manufactured in a compact module that can be incorporated into a portable instrument. The mode-locked laser can produce sub-50-ps optical pulses at a repetition rates between 200 MHz and 50 MHz, rates suitable for massively parallel data-acquisition. The optical pulses can be used to generate a reference clock signal for synchronizing data-acquisition and signal-processing electronics of the portable instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Quantum-Si Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Jason W. Sickler, Lawrence C. West, Faisal R. Ahmad, Paul E. Glenn, Jack Jewell, John Glenn, Jose Camara, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Todd Rearick, Farshid Ghasemi, Jonathan C. Schultz, Keith G. Fife, Benjamin Cipriany
  • Patent number: 11920748
    Abstract: A flame effect device (18) for a flame simulator apparatus of an electric fire (10) is provided. The flame effect device (18) comprises a spindle (20) having a longitudinal axis which is in-use rotatable in a flame simulator apparatus; and a plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) comprising: a reflector support body (32) having at least one reflector mounting portion (28) thereon and a mounting aperture (34) to engage the reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) with the spindle (20); and at least one reflector (26) to reflect light from an associated light source (24), wherein the at least one reflector (26) is mounted to the at least one reflector mounting portion (28), the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being engageable with the spindle (20), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) of the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being selectably positionable along the longitudinal axis of the spindle (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Christopher Baird
  • Publication number: 20240071416
    Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium. The HAMR medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, and a plurality of magnetic recording layers on the heat sink layer. The plurality of magnetic recording layers includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer disposed on the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer includes FePt—Ag—Cu—X, wherein X is a segregant comprising BN. The HAMR medium can use BN-based segregants to improve a thermal gradient of the HAMR medium for better areal density capability (ADC) and enable the use of a MgO underlayer with reduced thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hoan Cong Ho, Tomoko Seki, Paul Christopher Dorsey