Patents by Inventor Richard Christopher

Richard 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: 20240077438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an inspection apparatus for inspecting a component. The inspection apparatus including a robotic arm. A micro-XRF instrument having an instrument head coupled to the robotic arm. A seat supporting the component within a scanning area during inspection; and a computer in communication with the robotic arm and the micro-XRF instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Michael Christopher Andersen, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Timothy Hanlon, Wayne Lee Lawrence, Ramkumar Kashyap Oruganti, Jonathan Rutherford Owens, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Adarsh Shukla, Eric John Telfeyan, Gregory Donald Crim, Michael Wylie Krauss, André Dziurla, Sven Martin Joachim Larisch, Falk Reinhardt, Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan, Henning Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11923257
    Abstract: Hybrid microelectronic substrates, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a hybrid microelectronic substrate may include a low-density microelectronic substrate having a recess at a first surface, and a high-density microelectronic substrate disposed in the recess and coupled to a bottom of the recess via solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Starkston, Robert L. Sankman, Scott M. Mokler, Richard Christopher Stamey, Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur
  • Patent number: 11914761
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to create training data, validate, deploy and test artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a virtual development environment, incorporating virtual spaces, objects, machinery, devices, subsystems, and actual human action and behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Raymond Schweet, Bendenetto Christopher Ruggiero, Kyle Robert Hartshorn, Gregory Ryan Sweeney, Kyle Dean Cypher, Melissa Yenni Scharf, Emily Ann Meyer, Alec Brenders Lisy, Jeremy David Jarrett, Matthew David Fye
  • Patent number: 11916430
    Abstract: A disclosed information handling system is coupled to a power adapter that is coupled to an AC line power source. The system includes an embedded controller storing instructions executable to determine that a trigger condition for limiting electrical power drawn by the system from the power adapter is met and, in response to the determination and in accordance with a low power operating mode, to limit electrical power drawn from the power adapter by the system to an amount less than or equal to the lesser of a power rating of the power adapter and a capacity of the AC line power source to supply electrical power. Limiting the electrical power drawn from the power adapter may include limiting the electrical power consumed by operation of the system or limiting a rate at which an internal battery of the system is charged by electrical power supplied by the power adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Richard Christopher Thompson, Mohammed K. Hijazi
  • Patent number: 11905079
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is engaged with the container by a neck fitment projecting from the coupling shell. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least two support zones. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Charles Van Rens, William Michael Cannon, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Richard Christopher Hagee
  • Patent number: 11897059
    Abstract: A welding-type system includes a welding torch comprising a contact tip to provide an electrode wire. A secondary contact in electrical contact with the electrode wire, the secondary contact located along a length of the electrode wire and before the contact tip. Each of the contact tip and the secondary contact are connected to a welding-type power source. A current limiting device coupling located between the welding-type power source and the secondary contact and configured to limit a current at the secondary contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Richard Christopher, John Walter Lundin
  • Publication number: 20240002187
    Abstract: Example wire spool hub assemblies include: a spindle configured to hold a wire spool; a spool rotation resistor positioned on the spindle to resist rotation of the wire spool on the spindle; and a resistance adjuster configured to selectively apply two or more rotation resistances via the spool rotation resistor based on two or more discrete positions of the resistance adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Richard Christopher, Justin Durik, Connor Denis Uitenbroek
  • Patent number: 11858698
    Abstract: A coupling shell including a top wall, a shell wall, a front aperture in the top wall, a dispensing opening in the top wall, and a neck fitment projecting into the shell interior of the shell wall. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Richard Christopher Hagee, William Michael Cannon, John Charles Van Rens
  • Patent number: 11858697
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least one front aperture. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Hagee, William Michael Cannon, John Charles Van Rens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
  • Publication number: 20230417206
    Abstract: An inert blanket system includes a reformer that produces hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide. The hydrogen gas is separated from the carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is ported to a vapor region of a tank to reduce the flammability of the gases in the vapor region of the tank. Excess carbon dioxide is ported to an overflow system designed to store the excess carbon dioxide for future use or to sequester the carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Schroeder, Richard Christopher Kulaga, David T. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20230415277
    Abstract: A welding sled, comprising a support base comprising one or more attachment points for attachment of a wire supply support and attachment of a wire drive assembly; a plurality of rollers coupled to a bottom of the support base; and a brake configured to selectively brake the welding sled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Richard Christopher, Connor Denis Uitenbroek, Adam Richard Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11853975
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to determining and providing contextual information associated with a meeting based in part by parsing text from a meeting invitation or calendar entry. A voice-capturing device may receive audio data before or during a meeting that includes an invocation phrase used to invoke a voice-based functionality. A response may be generated by the voice-capturing device or an associated service provider system based on the contextual information determined from the parsed meeting invitation and/or related sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Alan Leblang, Milo Oostergo, Kevin Crews, Collin Charles Davis, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Aakarsh Nair, Richard Christopher Green
  • Patent number: 11776086
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a provisioning framework for a distributed graphics processing unit (GPU) service. A network device in a network receives, from an application, a service request for multi-access edge compute (MEC)-based virtual graphic processing unit (vGPU) services. The network device receives real-time utilization data from multiple MEC clusters in different MEC network locations and generates a utilization view of the multiple MEC clusters in the different MEC network locations. The network device selects, based on the real-time utilization view, one of the different MEC network locations to provide the vGPU services and instructs a of the multiple MEC clusters in the one of the different MEC network locations to perform container provisioning and service provisioning for the vGPU services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Raheel Khalid, William Patrick Dildine, Richard Christopher Lamb, Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu, Paul Duree
  • Patent number: 11740677
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine a historical discharge rate (dh) from multiple discharge rates a battery of an information handling system (IHS) while the IHS operates on electrical power provided by the battery; receive a current discharge rate (dc) of the battery; determine a full charge capacity correction factor value (Cfcc) associated with the battery; determine a weighting factor (?); determine a difference between a full charge capacity value (FCC) and Cfcc; determine ?·dh; determine (1??)·dc; determine a sum of dh·? and dc·?; determine a quotient value of FCC?Cfcc and ?·dh+(1??)·dc; scale the quotient value based at least on a relative state of charge of the battery to determine an estimated time remaining for the IHS to operate on the electrical power provided by the battery; and display the estimated time remaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Nikhil Manohar Vichare, Michael Raymond Nechay, Tyler Ryan Cox, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Patent number: 11709904
    Abstract: A method includes providing a server having a system email address for receiving emails and including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and defining a database organized to store data for a plurality of customer matters, respective matters having matter numbers, and, for each matter, the database including a notes location associated with the matter; providing a graphical user interface using which a user can review information relating to matters, including notes; determining, in response to receiving an email having a subject line and body, if the email contains a matter number matching a database matter number and, if not, rejecting the email; and if the email is not rejected, routing at least a portion of the non-rejected email to the notes location of the matter. Other systems and methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Patent number: 11670809
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes: may determine that a rechargeable cell of multiple rechargeable cells has reached a top of charge voltage value; in response to determining that the rechargeable cell has reached the top of charge voltage value, may provide an electrical charge current, associated with a charge current value, to the rechargeable cell; may determine a temperature value associated with the rechargeable cell; may determine a charge current termination value based at least on the temperature value; while the charge current value is not at and is not below the charge current termination value: may determine the temperature value associated with the rechargeable cell; and may determine the charge current termination value based at least on the temperature value; and may cease providing the electrical charge current to the rechargeable cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Shao Szu Ho, Wen-Yung Chang
  • Patent number: 11660695
    Abstract: Welding power supplies, wire feeders, and systems to measure a weld cable voltage drop are disclosed. Example welding-type power supplies include a power converter configured to convert input power to output welding-type power to a remote device via a weld cable; a reference conductor connected between the power supply and the remote device; a voltage monitor configured to determine a first voltage between the weld cable and the reference conductor while substantially zero current is being conducted through the reference conductor; and a receiver circuit configured to receive a second voltage between the weld cable and the reference conductor from the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Adam E. Anders, Brian Schwartz, Andrew D. Nelson, Mark Richard Christopher
  • Publication number: 20230127761
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is described. The cleaning apparatus includes a support member and a cleaning head. The support member includes a first portion having a length, a first end, an opposing second end and a handle disposed at the first end; a second portion having a first transition at the second end of the first portion and a second transition spaced from the first transition; a first support and a second support joining the first and the second transitions; and a liquid management system disposed, at least in part, between the first and second transitions. The liquid management system comprises a reservoir receiver. The cleaning head is moveably attached to the second transition. The support member exhibits a longitudinal angle of six degrees or less with respect to a horizontal plane. The cleaning apparatus exhibits a vertical height of less than 110 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Christopher HAGEE, Nicola John POLICICCHIO, Victoria JUNG, William Michael CANNON, John Charles VAN RENS
  • Patent number: 11599248
    Abstract: A system includes an OAI gateway; and a main server coupled to the OAI gateway via a network, and configured to be accessed by client workstations, the main server including: an OAI listener coupled to the OAI gateway; a notification server coupled to the OAI listener; and a memory defining a database and coupled to the OAI listener; the main server being configured to present to a workstation a user-fillable intake form having a plurality of questions, to be filled by an intake clerk, and the main server configured to receive answers to the questions from the workstation, and to present a score total to the workstation indicating whether to accept the potential customer, the score total varying depending on the received answers; and the system being configured to perform an automated action in response to the score total being above or below a predetermined threshold value. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Patent number: 11598810
    Abstract: System and method for battery runtime forecasting, including identifying a power usage of a IHS; identifying a charge profile of a battery of the IHS, the charge profile including charging levels each associated with a respective time period; determining a state of charge of the battery based on a current time; identifying power delivery capabilities of a power source providing power to the battery; generating a predicted relative state of charge (RSOC) profile of the battery based on i) the power usage of the IHS, ii) an entirety of the charge profile of the battery, iii) the state of charge of the battery, and iv) power delivery capabilities of the power source; and identifying a runtime estimate of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Ryan Cox, Richard Christopher Thompson, Thanh Thien Tran